2007 in classical music
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Events
[edit ]- January 1 — George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Commonwealth New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame. Imogen Cooper and John Rutter are appointed CBE.[1]
- February – A lightning strike severely damages the ageing organ at Llandaff Cathedral, which has to be replaced.[2]
- February 26 – Gramophone magazine reports on its website a confession by William Barrington-Coupe that he released recordings by other pianists under the name of his wife Joyce Hatto, claiming that she was unaware of the deception.[3]
- April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram.[4]
- May 16–20 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
- 4–August 11 – The Three Choirs Festival is held at Gloucester, with a programme including Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and Mahler's Symphony No 8.[5]
- 24 August – The Faenol Festival in North Wales, masterminded by Bryn Terfel, opens with a concert featuring Girls Aloud. Other artists appearing during the weekend include Rebecca Evans, Carlos Alvarez, and Michael Ball.[6]
- September 22–29 – The 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph.
- November 9 – At the Hindu Novemberfest, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan and Western Classical pianist Anil Srinivasan première tracks from their collaborative album Colour of Rain.[7]
New works
[edit ]Instrumental works
[edit ]- Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto[8]
- Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"
- Brice Pauset – Vier variationen, for flute, percussion, piano and string trio
- Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina [9]
- Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite, for flute, violoncello and piano
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Ravvedimento, for cello and four guitars
- In Tempus Praesens, concert for violin and orchestra
- Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto
- Wojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony, for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
- Claude Ledoux – Canto a due for B♭ clarinet and cello
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klang [10]
- Balance , for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
- Glück (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
- Hoffnung (Hope), for violin, viola, and cello
- Glanz (Brilliance), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola
- Treue (Fidelity), for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet
- Erwachen (Awakening), for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello
- Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing, for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet
Opera premieres
[edit ]- Alice in Wonderland (Unsuk Chin, David Henry Hwang; June 30)[11]
- Appomattox (Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton; October 5)[12]
- Frau Margot (Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Corsaro; June 2)[13]
- Monkey: Journey to the West (Chen Shi-Zheng, Damon Albarn; 28 June)[14]
Ballet
[edit ]Albums
[edit ]- Haydn Piano Sonatas – Fazıl Say [16]
- P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour – Peter Schickele [17]
Musical films
[edit ]Deaths
[edit ]- January 1 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor, 83[20]
- January 3 – János Fürst, Hungarian conductor and violinist, 71[21]
- January 21 – Mina Foley, New Zealand coloratura soprano, 76[22]
- January 28 – Karel Svoboda, Czech songwriter and composer, 68 (suicide)[23]
- December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79[24]
- December 16 – Harald Genzmer, German composer and academic, 98[25]
Major awards
[edit ]Classical Brits
[edit ]Source:[26]
- Singer of the Year — Anna Netrebko
- Musician of the Year — Leif Ove Andsnes
- Young British Classical Performer — Ruth Palmer
- Album of the Year — Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum
- Soundtrack of the Year — Planet Earth – George Fenton
- Critics' Award — Freiberg Baroque Orchestra/RIAS Kammerchoir/Rene Jacobs - Mozart/La Cler
- Lifetime Achievement In Music — Vernon Handley
Grammy Awards
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "New Year honours list 2007". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Llandaff Cathedral". Nicholson & Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Charlotte Smith (17 December 2012). "I did it for my wife' Joyce Hatto exclusive, William Barrington-Coupe confesses". Gramophone. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Ben Zeev (April 29, 2007)
- ^ "3 Choirs Festival 2007: Programme. Retrieved 14 Oct 2012". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ "Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival 2007". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ Anil Srinivasan (November 17, 2021). "My November Fest". The Hindu. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Kalevi Aho - Oboe Concerto". Discogs. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Michael Daugherty - Deus Ex Machina" . Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (28 March 2016). "Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klang, an Epic Cycle at 3 Met Museums (print edition as "Hours and Hours of Stockhausen")". The New York Times .
- ^ "Alice in Wonderland, Unsuk Chin" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM . Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Joshua Kosman (8 October 2007). "Philip Glass opera Appomattox both impressive and inconsistent". San Francisco Chronicle .
- ^ "FWO Archives: The Making of 'Frau Margot' (World Premiere, 2007 Festival)". Fort Worth Opera. 31 March 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ Hewitt, Ivan (23 June 2007). "A whole new aria for Damon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Franca Florio, regina di Palermo, rivive al Teatro Massimo". Morfoedro (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ Haydn Piano Sonatas (Media notes). Fazıl Say. CD/Album Sleeve: Naïve Classique. 2007. p. 3. V 5070.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour". schickele.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "NY Times: War/Dance". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2007. Archived from the original on 2007年11月13日. Retrieved 2008年11月23日.
- ^ "Moving on and Looking Back: A Ballet Star's Afterlife". New York TImes. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Julius Hegyi Obituary". Legacy.com. 5 January 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "Obituaries: Janos Furst, 'Edge of the seat' conductor". The Independent. 10 January 2007.
- ^ "'Voice of the century' Mina Foley dies at 77". The New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Legendary Czech songwriter Karel Svoboda dies at 68". Radio Prague International. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Karlheinz Stockhausen: Influential and Controversial German Composer Who Pursued His Uncompromising Avant-Garde Vision through Six Decades". The Times . 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Genzmer". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Paul McCartney, Ruth Palmer among winners at Classical Brits". The Guardian. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.