It's always exciting for me when a new season is about to begin. I feel so privileged to live within walking distance of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and to have such easy access to the great performances held at these venues. This season I intend to take full advantage of my opportunities and to attend many more concerts and recitals than in past years.
At the Met Opera, the most exciting news is that James Levine will be returning to conduct Così fan tutte as well as Wozzeck and the new production of Falstaff. Another highlight will be Renée Fleming's appearance in the lead role in Rusalka. In addition, I'll be seeing new productions of Eugene Onegin (conducted by Gergiev) and Werther as well as such favorites from the repertoire as Norma, Andrea Chenier and La Cerentola.
At Carnegie Hall, the Marinsky Orchestra will perform Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and the St. Petersburg Orchestra his Second Symphony. The Met Orchestra, once again conducted by James Levine, will feature performances of the Seventh Symphonies of three different composers - Beethoven, Mahler and Dvorak. Other orchestral performances will include Mahler's Ninth (San Francisco Symphony), Mozart's 41st (St. Luke's Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer), Beethoven's Third (Philadelphia Orchestra), Mahler's Fourth (Vienna Philharmonic) and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique (Bavarian Radio Symphony). The English Concert will perform Handel's Theodora in recital, Orpheus will give two concerts featuring Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Joachim's little heard Violin Concerto, and Mitsuko Uchida will perform in a piano recital that will include Schubert's Sonata in G. The ACJW Ensemble will give four performances of chamber music at Weill Recital Hall that will include Dvorak's String Quintet, Schoenberg's Verklate Nacht, Copland's Appalachian Spring and Schubert's Piano Quintet, the Trout.
I will once again be attending the New York Philharmonic's Saturday matinee series. Each concert begins with a chamber music piece performed by members of the Philharmonic followed by a full orchestral piece in the second half. The chamber music this season will emphasize the works of the French impressionists and modernists - Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc and Faure.
Finally, there will be a great number of free recitals and chamber music performances at both Juilliard and Mannes. Though the students and faculty at these institutions might not be as well known as the stars at Carnegie Hall, their musicianship is nevertheless impeccable and always worth hearing.
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