Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden - Subscription Concerts 2006 - 2020




Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2006 – 2007 season


Programme 1
17, 18, 19 September 2006
Georges Prêtre

BARTÓK                                            Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 2
22, 23, 24 October 2006
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Kirill Gerstein, piano

BRITTEN                                            Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
RAVEL                                               Piano Concerto in G major
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 5




Programme 3a
5 November 2006
Myung-Whun Chung
Daishin Kashimoto, violin

BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 3b
6, 7 November 2006
Myung-Whun Chung
Daishin Kashimoto, violin

BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5

Programme 4
17, 18, 19 December 2006
Vladimir Jurowski
Vadim Repin, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH                                Violin Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY                                      Le Baiser de la Fée


Programme 5
7, 8, 9 January 2007
Daniel Harding

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9





Programme 6
13, 14 February 2007
Zubin Mehta
Ildikó Raimondi, soprano, Anke Vondung, contralto, Jörg Schneider, tenor, Thomas Quasthoff, baritone, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden

MOZART                                           Requiem



Programme 7
25, 26, 27 February 2007
David Zinman
Truls Mørk, cello

ELGAR                                               Cello Concerto
BARTÓK                                            The Wooden Prince, ballet music



Programme 8
1, 2 April 2007
Herbert Blomstedt
Christiane Oelze, soprano, Christa Mayer, contralto, Wookyung Kim, tenor, Georg Zeppenfeld, bass, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’



Programme 9
22, 23, 24 April 2007
Sir Colin Davis
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

WAGNER                                          Lohengrin, Act 1
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7



Programme 10
6, 7, 8 May 2007
Fabio Luisi
René Pape, bass

FRANK MARTIN                                 Sechs Monologe aus dem ‘Jedermann’
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 9






Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2007 – 2008 season



Programme 1
10, 11 September 2007
Fabio Luisi
Hélène Grimaud, piano

VARÈSE                                              Arcana
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
RICHARD STRAUSS                             An Alpine Symphony

Programme 2
26, 28, 29 October 2007
Kristjan Järvi

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 86
STRAVINSKY                                      The Firebird, complete ballet

Programme 3
2, 3, 4 November 2007
Fabio Luisi
Camilla Nylund, soprano, Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’

Programme 4
9, 10, 11 December 2007
Sakari Oramo
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

NIELSEN                                             Helios Overture
GRIEG                                               Piano Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Lemminkaïnen Suite

Programme 5
13, 14 February 2008
Sir Colin Davis
Genia Kühmeier, soprano, Simon Keenlyside, baritone, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden

VERDI                                                Quattro pezzi sacri
FAURÉ                                               Requiem

Programme 6
24, 25, 26 February 2008
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Christine Brewer, soprano

DEBUSSY                                            Jeux
WAGNER                                          Wesendonck Lieder
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Francesca da Rimini
RAVEL                                               Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Programme 7
16, 17 March 2008
Zubin Mehta
Ildikó Raimondi, soprano, Christa Mayer, contralto, Jörg Schneider, tenor, Robert Holl, bass, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
BRUCKNER                                        Te Deum  

Programme 8a
30 March 2008
Fabio Luisi

MUNDRY                                           Balancen
WAGNER                                          Siegfried Idyll
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Ein Heldenleben

Programme 8b
31 March, 1 April 2008
Fabio Luisi
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

MUNDRY                                           Balancen
HINDEMITH                                       Violin Concerto
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 9
20, 21, 22 April 2008
Andrey Boreyko
Peter Rösel, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 27
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 15

Programme 10a
18 May 2008
Myung-Whun Chung
Lars Vogt, piano

MESSIAEN                                          Les offrandes oubliées
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 20
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5

Programme 10b
19, 20 May 2008
Myung-Whun Chung
Lars Vogt, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 7

Programme 11
8, 9, 10 June 2008
Daniel Harding
Janine Jansen, violin

BRITTEN                                            Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 12
5, 6, 7 July 2008
Sir Colin Davis
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
ELGAR                                               Violin Concerto


Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2008 – 2009 season

Programme 1
1, 2 September 2008
Fabio Luisi
Jan Vogler, cello

BERNHARD LANG                              Monadologie (world premiere)
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Quixote
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4


Programme 2
21, 22, 23 September 2008
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Julian Rachlin, violin, Mischa Maisky, cello

BRAHMS                                            Double Concerto
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 3


Programme 3
19, 20, 21 October 2008
Myung-Whun Chung
Peter Donohoe, piano, Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, ondes martenot

MESSIAEN                                          Turangalîla Symphony


Programme 4
1, 2, 3 November 2008
Sebastian Weigle
Martin Stadtfeld, piano

BERNHARD LANG                              Differenz/Wiederholung 5
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
ROTT                                                Symphony No. 1


Programme 5
9, 10, 11 November 2008
Fabio Luisi

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5






Week 6
20, 21, 22 December 2008
Christoph Eschenbach
Radu Lupu, piano

BARTÓK                                            Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 6


Week 7
13, 15 February 2009
Fabio Luisi
Anja Harteros, soprano, Marianne Cornetti, mezzo-soprano, Zoran Todorovich, tenor, Paata Burchuladze, bass, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden

VERDI                                                Messa da Requiem


Week 8
29, 30, 31 March 2009
Vladimir Jurowski
Nikolai Lugansky, piano

RAVEL                                               Piano Concerto in G major
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’


Week 9
5, 6 April 2009
Fabio Luisi
Herbert Lippert, tenor, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass, Annette Dasch, soprano, Antigone Papoulkas, mezzo-soprano, Timothy Oliver, tenor, Michael Eder, bass, Jobst Schneiderat, organ, Chor der Sächsischen Staatsoper Dresden, Sinfoniechor Dresden

SCHMIDT                                           Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln






Week 10a
18, 19 April 2009
Fabio Luisi
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Till Eulenspiegel
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Four Last Songs
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Also sprach Zarathustra

Week 10b
19 April 2009 (mat)
Fabio Luisi
Emanuel Ax, soprano

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Till Eulenspiegel
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Burleske for piano and orchestra
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4


Week 11
7, 8, 9 June 2009
Daniel Harding
Renaud Capuçon, violin

SCHUMANN                                       Overture to Genoveva
SCHUMANN                                       Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2


Week 12
5, 6, 7 July 2009
Robin Ticciati
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
ELGAR                                               Violin Concerto




Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2009 – 2010 season

Programme 1
1, 2 September 2009
Fabio Luisi
Lise de la Salle, piano

REBECCA SAUNDERS                          traces for chamber orchestra
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
RICHARD STRAUSS                             An Alpine Symphony


Programme 2
13, 14, 15 September 2009
Christian Thielemann

BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8


Programme 3
23, 24, 25 October 2009
Herbert Blomstedt
Roglit Ishay, piano, Kai Vogler, violin, Peter Bruns, cello

BEETHOVEN                                      Triple Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4


Programme 4
8, 9, 10 November 2009
Charles Dutoit
Martha Argerich, piano, Damen des Staatsopernchors

BERLIOZ                                            Le carnaval romain, Overture
RAVEL                                               Piano Concerto in G major
HOLST                                               The Planets


Programme 5a
29, 30 November 2009
Christoph Eschenbach
David Aaron Carpenter, viola

SCHNITTKE                                       Viola Concerto
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ;Romantic’

Programme 5b
1 December 2009
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor and piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 12
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ;Romantic’



Programme 6
20, 21, 22 December 2009
Vladimir Jurowski
Arcadi Volodos, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 1, ‘Winter Dreams’


Programme 7
5, 6 January 2010
Zubin Mehta
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone

WEBERN                                            Six Pieces for Orchestra
MAHLER                                            Kindertotenlieder
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Also sprach Zarathustra


Programme 8
29, 30, 31 January 2010
Christoph Eschenbach
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 8


Programme 9
13, 14 February 2010
Christian Thielemann
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano, Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano, Michael Schade, tenor
Franz-Josef Selig, bass, Staatsopernchor

BEETHOVEN                                      Missa solemnis


Programme 10
28, 29 March 2010
Sir Colin Davis
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, Paul Groves, tenor, John Relyea, bass-baritone, Staatsopernchor

ELGAR                                               The Dream of Gerontius






Programme 11a
1, 2 May 2010
Neeme Järvi
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Lieder
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 11b
Neeme Järvi
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano, Genia Kühmeier, soprano, Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Waltzes from Der Rpsenkavalier
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Final Trio from Der Rosenkavalier
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


Programme 12
13, 14, 15 June 2010
David Robertson
Gil Shaham, violin

REBECCA SAUNDERS                          Stratum
BERG                                                 Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 5



                                                        





Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2010 – 2011 season

Programme 1
22, 23, 24 August 2010
Paavo Järvi
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

TÜÜR                                                Zeitraum
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5


Programme 2
12, 13, 14 September 2010
Sir Colin Davis
Mitsuko Uchida, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
JANÁČEK                                           Taras Bulba
SIBELIUS                                             Tapiola


Programme 3a
17 October 2010
Daniel Harding
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 3b
18, 19 October 2010
Daniel Harding
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

SCHUMANN                                       Manfred Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7


Programme 4
19, 20, 21 December 2010
Herbert Blomstedt
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 7







Programme 5
8, 9, 10 January 2011
Vladimir Jurowski
Vadim Repin, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 4


Programme 6
13, 14 February 2011
Mikhail Pletnev
Camilla Nylund, soprano, Roman Trekel, baritone, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

BRAHMS                                            A German Requiem


Programme 7
27, 28 February, 1 March 2011
Sakari Oramo
Matthias Wollong, violin, Sebastian Herberg, viola

MAHLER                                            Adagio from Symphony No. 10
MOZART                                           Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
MESSIAEN                                          L’Ascension


Programme 8
13, 14, 15 March 2011
Nikolaj Znaider
Lynn Harrell, cello

WEBER                                              Der Freischütz, Overture
DVOŘÁK                                           Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 5


Programme 9
17, 18 April 2011
Jiří Bělohlávek
Pavla Vykopalová, soprano, Jan Martiník, baritone, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

MARTINŮ                                           Symphony No. 4
JANÁČEK                                           The Adventures of Mr. Broucek, Suite
DVOŘÁK                                           Te Deum





Programme 10a
1, 2, 3 May 2011
Christoph Eschenbach
Leonard Elschenbroich, cello

STAUD                                              Tondo
SCHUMANN                                       Cello Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 10b
Christoph Eschenbach
Gidon Kremer, violin

STAUD                                              Tondo
SCHUMANN                                       Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1


Programme 11
11, 12, 13 June 2011
Christian Thielemann
Maurizio Pollini, piano

BRAHMS                                            Tragic Overture
REGER                                               A Romantic Suite
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1


Programme 12
3, 4, 5 July 2011
Manfred Honeck
René Pape, bass, Christiane Karg, soprano, Anke Vondung mezzo-soprano, Michael Schade, tenor, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig

WEBER                                              Der erste Ton, cantata
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
WEBER                                              L’Accoglienza (Der Empfang)







Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2011 – 2012 season

Programme 1
3, 4 September 2011
Christian Thielemann
Tzimon Barto, piano

BUSONI                                             Nocturne symphonique
PFITZNER                                           Piano Concerto in E flat major
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1


Programme 2
9, 10, 11 October 2011
Manfred Honeck
Katia und Marielle Labèque, piano

SCHNITTKE                                       (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
MOZART                                           Concerto for Two Pianos
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


Programme 3
20, 21, 22 November 2011
Charles Dutoit
Yuja Wang, piano

PROKOFIEV                                       Piano Concerto No. 3
DEBUSSY                                            La mer
RESPIGHI                                           Pines of Rome


Programme 4
18, 19, 20 December 2011
Georges Prêtre

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1


Programme 5
14, 15, 16 January 2012
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Janine Jansen, violin

MESSIAEN                                          Les Offrandes oubliées
PROKOFIEV                                       Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY                                      The Rite of Spring






Programme 6
13, 14 February 2012
Vladimir Jurowski
Maarten Engeltjes, counter-tenor, Mark Stone, baritone, Saint Thomas Choir of Boys, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

LARA AUERBACH                               Dresden Requiem – Ode to Peace


Programme 7
11, 12, 13 March 2012
Sir Colin Davis
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
BRITTEN                                            Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto


Programme 8
31 March, 1, 2 April 2012
Herbert Blomstedt
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

BRAHMS                                            Schicksalslied
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 5


Programme 9
15, 16, 17 April 2012
Kirill Petrenko
Boris Berezovsky, piano

RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
SCRIABIN                                           Symphony No. 3, ‘The Divine Poem’






Programme 10a
6 May 2012
Sir Colin Davis
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

MOZART                                           Serenata notturna
MOZART                                           Violin Concerto No. 4
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40

Programme 10b
7, 8 May 2012
Sir Colin Davis
Jonathan Biss, piano

MOZART                                           Serenata notturna
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 20
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40


Programme 11
3, 4, 5 June 2012
Juraj Valcuha
Julia Fischer, violin

SZYMANOWSKI                                 Concert Overture in E major
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
ZEMLINSKY                                        Die Seejungfrau


Programme 12
1, 2, 3 July 2012
Sakari Oramo
Lisa Batiashvili violin, Truls Mørk, cello

BRAHMS                                            Double Concerto
LERA AUERBACH                               Post silentium
PROKOFIEV                                       Symphony No. 6








Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2012 – 2013 season

Programme 1
2, 3 September 2012
Christian Thielemann
Renée Fleming, soprano

WOLF                                                Lieder for soprano and orchestra
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7


Programme 2
16, 17, 18 September 2012
Zubin Mehta
Isang Enders, cello

HINDEMITH                                       Neues von Tage, Overture
DVOŘÁK                                           Cello Concerto
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Sinfonia Domestica


Programme 3
14, 15, 16 October 2012
Christian Thielemann

HENZE                                              Sebastian in Traum
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2


Programme 4
2, 3, 4 December 2012
Jonathan Nott
Hélène Grimaud, piano

DEBUSSY                                            Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
RAVEL                                               Piano Concerto in G major
RAVEL                                               Daphnis et Chloé, complete ballet


Programme 5
6, 7, 8 January 2013
Myung-Whun Chung

MESSIAEN                                          L’Ascension
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1






Programme 6
25, 26, 27 January 2013
Christian Thielemann
Maurizio Pollini, piano

BUSONI                                             Comedy Overture
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2


Programme 7
13, 14 February 2013
Christian Thielemann
Genia Kühmeier, soprano, Christa Mayer, contralto, Daniel Behle, tenor, Alastair Miles, bass, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

MOZART                                           Requiem


Programme 8
7, 8, 9 March 2013
Donald Runnicles
Emanuel Ax, piano

ELGAR                                               Serenade for Strings
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations


Programme 9
24, 25 March 2013
Reinhard Goebel
Claudia Barainsky, soprano, Anke Vondung, contralto, Virgil Hartinger, tenor. Daniel Ochoa, baritone, Tilmann Rönnebeck, Publio, Dresdner Kammerchor

FASCH                                               Lamento
BACH                                                Cantata No. 198, ‘Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl’
ZELENKA                                           Requiem in D major


Programme 10
7, 8, 9 April 2013
Christian Thielemann
Lisa Batiashvili, violin

BRAHMS                                            Academic Festival Overture
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4





Programme 11
21, 22, 23 June 2013
Herbert Blomstedt

WAGNER                                          Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
LIDHOLM                                           Poème for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


Programme 12
7, 8, 9 July 2013
Andris Nelsons

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 90
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 5





Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2013 – 2014 season


Programme 1
7, 8, 9 September 2013
Christian Thielemann
Thomas Hampson, baritone

HANNS EISLER                                   Ernste Gesänge
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 5


Programme 2
13, 14, 15 October 2013
Myung-Whun Chung

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9


Programme 3
2, 3, 4 November 2013
Herbert Blomstedt
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

DVOŘÁK                                           Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 2


Programme 4
27, 29 November, 1 December 2013
Rudolf Buchbinder, conductor and piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’


Programme 5
1, 2, 3 February 2014
David Robertson
Valentina Lisitsa, piano

RIHM                                                 Verwandlung 5
RACHMANINOV                                 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV                                       Symphony No. 5






Programme 6
13, 14 February 2014
Christian Thielemann
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano, Marina Prudenskaya, mezzo-soprano, Charles Castronovo, tenor, Georg Zeppenfeld, bass, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

VERDI                                                Messa da Requiem


Programme 7
2, 3, 4 March 2014
Christian Thielemann
Radu Lupu, piano

LISZT                                                 Orpheus
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Ein Heldenleben


Programme 8
30, 31 March, 1 April 2014
Christoph Eschenbach
Gautier Capuçon, cello

MOZART                                           Don Giovanni, Overture
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Quixote
RIHM                                                 Verwandlung II
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan


Programme 9
13, 14 April 2014
Reinhard Goebel
Simone Kermes, soprano, Netta Or, soprano, Lothar Odinius, tenor, Marcel Beekman, tenor, Daniel Ochoa, bass, Stephan Genz, bass, Dresdner Kammerchor

TELEMANN                                        Serenata eroica TWV 4, Funeral Music for Augustus the
                                                         Strong      


Programme 10
11, 12, 13 May 2014
Paavo Järvi
Héléne Grimaud, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK                                            Concerto for Orchestra






Programme 11
8, 9 June 2014
Christian Thielemann
Anja Harteros, soprano

RIHM                                                 Ernste Gesang
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Four Last Songs
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Malvern (orch. Rihm)
RICHARD STRAUSS                             An Alpine Symphony


Programme 12
6, 7, 8 July 2014
Myung-Whun Chung
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano, Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano, MDR Rundfunkchor

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’








Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2014 – 2015 season

Programme 1
31 August, 1, 2 September 2014
Christian Thielemann
Gidon Kremer, violin

GUBAIDULINA                                    In tempus praesens
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 9


Programme 2
28, 29, 30 September 2014
Antoni Wit
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

MESSIAEN                                          Un sourire
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
LUTOSLAWSKI                                   Concerto for Orchestra


Programme 3
24, 25, 26 October 2014
Herbert Blomstedt
Krystian Zimerman, piano

STENHAMMAR                                   Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1


Programme 4
23, 24 November 2014
Christian Thielemann
Renée Fleming, soprano, Robert Langbein, horn

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Horn Concerto No. 1
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Reisefieber and
                                                         Waltz Scene
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Lieder (Meinem Kinde, Liebeshymnus, Das Bächlein, Ruhe,
                                                         Meine Seele, Die heiligen drei Könige, Frühlingsfeier)
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Also sprach Zarathustra


Programme 5
9, 10, 11 January 2015
Daniele Gatti
Arcadi Volodos, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 10



Programme 6
6, 7, 8 February 2015
Christian Thielemann
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH                                Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


Programme 7
13, 14 February 2015
Myung-Whun Chung
Barbara Frittoli, soprano, Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano, Yosep Kang, tenor, René Pape, bass, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

ROSSINI                                             Stabat Mater


Programme 8
29, 30 March 2015
Reinhard Goebel
Sibylla Rubens, soprano, Anke Vondung, contralto, Daniel Johannsen, tenor, Georg Zeppenfeld, bass, Dresdner Kammerchor

HANDEL                                            Ode to St. Cecilia (arr. Mozart)
BACH                                                Mass in B minor


Programme 9
17, 18 May 2015
Christian Thielemann
Christian Gerhaher, baritone

WAGNER                                          Tannhäuser, ‘Blick’ ich in diesem edlen Kreise’
SCHUBERT                                         Alfonso und Estrella, ‘Der Jäger ruhte hin gegossen’
WAGNER                                          Die Meistersinger, ‘Was duftet der Flieder’
SCHUBERT                                         Alfonso und Estrella, ‘Sei mir gegrüßt, O Sonne’
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


Programme 10
31 May, 1, 2 June 2015
Myung-Whun Chung
Sophie Karthäuser, soprano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 4






Programme 11
28, 29, 30 June 2015
Vladimir Jurowski
Gidon Kremer, violin, Igor Levit, piano, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

GUBAIDULINA                                    Offertorium
TANEYEV                                           Johannes Damascenus, Cantata
SCRIABIN                                           Prometheus, The Poem of Fire


Programme 12
10, 11, 12 July 2015
Christoph Eschenbach
Viviane Hagner (replacing Midori)

HINDEMITH                                       Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
SCHUMANN                                       Violin Concerto
HINDEMITH                                       Symphony in E flat major







Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2015 – 2016 season

Programme 1
13, 14 September 2015
Christian Thielemann
Yefim Bronfman, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 6


Programme 2
27, 28, 29 September 2015
Myung-Whun Chung

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 6


Programme 3
23, 24, 25 October 2015
Alan Gilbert
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

KURTÁG                                            Grabstein für Stephan
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Violin Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4


Programme 4
29, 30 November, 1 December 2015
Donald Runnicles
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano

RACHMANINOV                                 The Isle of the Dead
ELGAR                                               Sea Pictures
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 1


Programme 5
23, 24, 25 January 2016
Robin Ticciati
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

MAHLER                                            Blumine
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
RAVEL                                               Valses nobles et sentimentales
DEBUSSY                                            La mer





Programme 6
13, 14 February 2016
Christian Thielemann
Camilla Nylund, soprano, Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano, Daniel Behle, tenor, Georg Zeppenfeld, bass, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

BEETHOVEN                                      Missa solemnis


Programme 7
27, 29 February 2016
Andris Nelsons
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet

BRITTEN                                            Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
ZIMMERMANN                                    Nobody knows de trouble I see (Trumpet Concerto)
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 8


Programme 8
20, 21 March 2016
Reinhard Goebel
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano, Anke Vondung, contralto, Daniel Johannsen, tenor, Stephan Genz, bass, Dresdner Kammerchor

VIVALDI                                             Concerto funebre in B flat major RV 579
KREBS                                                Oratorio funebre
TELEMANN                                        Concerto grosso in D major
BACH                                                Cantata No. 214, Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!


Programme 9
16, 17 April 2016
David Robertson (replacing Christian Thielemann)
Yefim Bronfman, piano

RUZICKA                                           Elegie
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4


Programme 10
5, 6, 7 May 2016
Herbert Blomstedt
Peter Serkin, piano

REGER                                               Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7





Programme 11
4, 5, 6 June 2016
Christian Thielemann
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
REGER                                               Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Till Eulenspiegel


Programme 12
3, 4, 5 July 2016
Manfred Honeck
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

KURTÁG                                            Stele
SZYMANOWSKI                                 Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 8


















Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2016 – 2017 season


Programme 1
2, 3 September 2016
Christian Thielemann
Daniil Trifonov, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 3


Programme 2
1, 3, 4 October 2016
Myung-Whun Chung
Sir András Schiff, piano

SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5


Programme 3
30, 31 October, 1 November 2016
Omer Meir Wellber
Camilla Nylund, soprano, Michael König, tenor, Thomas E, Bauer, baritone, Franz-Josef Selig, bass, MDR Rundfunkchor

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Serenade in E flat major
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 49, ‘La Passione’
GUBAIDULINA                                    Über Liebe und Hass


Programme 4
11, 12, 13 November 2016
Christian Thielemann
Lisa Batiashvili, violin, Gautier Capuçon, cello

BRAHMS                                            Double Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Romeo and Juliet
LISZT                                                 Les Préludes


Programme 5
11, 12, 13 December 2016
Franz Welser-Möst

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9





Programme 6
8, 9, 10 January 2017
Vladimir Jurowski
Borodin Quartet

ZEMLINSKY                                        Sinfonietta
SCHULHOFF                                       Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Orchestra
MARTINŮ                                           Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
JANÁČEK                                           Sinfonietta


Programme 7
13, 14 February 2017
Myung-Whun Chung
Patricia Petibon, soprano, Adrian Eröd, baritone, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
MESSIAEN                                          Les Offrandes oubliées
FAURÉ                                               Requiem


Programme 8
2, 3, 4 March 2017
Donald Runnicles
Geir Draugsvoll, bajan

BRITTEN                                            Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
GUBAIDULINA                                    Fachwerk
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis


Programme 9
9, 10 April 2017
Reinhard Goebel
Sophie Karthäuser, soprano, Anke Vondung, contralto, Lothar Odinius, tenor, Daniel Ochoa, baritone, Martin-Jan Nijhof, bass, Dresdner Kammerchor

TELEMANN                                        Holder Friede, heilger Glaube
HANDEL                                            Dettinger Te Deum


Programme 10
12, 13, 14 May 2017
Christian Thielemann
Daniil Trifonov, piano

FAURÉ                                               Pelléas et Mélisande, Prelude
RAVEL                                               Piano Concerto in G major
SCHOENBERG                                    Pelleas und Melisande





Programme 11
3, 4, 5 June 2017
Daniel Harding
Matthias Goerne, baritone

MAHLER                                            Blumine
MAHLER                                            Kindertotenlieder
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 8


Programme 12
1, 2, 3 July 2017
Herbert Blomstedt
Sir András Schiff, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’







Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2017 – 2018 season


Programme 1
1, 2 September 2017
Christian Thielemann
Nikolaj Znaider, violin

BRUCH                                              Violin Concerto No. 1
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 1


Programme 2
14, 15, 16 October 2017
Donald Runnicles
Thomas Meining, Jörg Faßmann, violins, Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano, Michael Schade, tenor

PÄRT                                                 Tabula Rasa, Concerto for Two Violins
MAHLER                                            Das Lied von der Erde


Programme 3
10, 11, 12 November 2017
Alan Gilbert
Yundi Li, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 23
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Sinfonia domestica


Programme 4
5, 6, 7 January 2018
Daniel Harding (replacing Robin Ticciati)
Isabelle Faust, violin, Regula Mühlemann, soprano

BERG                                                 Violin Concerto
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 4


Programme 5
7, 8 February 2018
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Radu Lupu, piano

PUCCINI                                            Preludio Sinfonico
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie fantastique





Programme 6
13, 14, 15 February 2018
Philippe Herreweghe
Maximilian Schmitt, Evangelist, Krešimir Stražanac, Jesus, Dorothee Mields, soprano, Damien Guillon, alto, Robin Tritschler, tenor, Tobias Berndt, bass, Collegium Vocale Gent

BACH                                                St. John Passion


Programme 7
25, 26, 27 February 2018
Christian Thielemann
Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano, Ladies of the Dresden State Opera Chorus, Children’s Chorus of the Dresden State Opera

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 3


Programme 8
25, 26 March 2018
Omer Meir Wellber
Airam Hernández, tenor, Midori, violin, Emily Dorn, soprano, Daniel Johannsen, tenor, Martin-Jan Nijhof, bass, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden

RAMIREZ                                            Misa Criolla
BERNSTEIN                                        Serenade for violin and orchestra
SCHUBERT                                         Mass No. 2 in G major


Programme 9
14, 15, 16 April 2018
Semyon Bychkov
London Voices

BERIO                                                Sinfonia
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 5


Programme 10
18, 19, 20 May 2018
Christian Thielemann
Denis Matsuev, piano

WEBER                                              Oberon, Overture
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4





Programme 11
9, 10, 11 June 2018
Paavo Järvi
Gidon Kremer, violin

PÄRT                                                 Swansong
WEINBERG                                        Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Lemminkäinen, Suite


Programme 12
8, 9, 10 July 2018
Sir Antonio Pappano
Jan Lisiecki, piano

SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOV                                 Symphony No. 2










Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2018 – 2019 season


Programme 1
29, 30 August 2018
Alan Gilbert
Lisa Batiashvili, violin

EÖTVÖS                                            Per Luciano Berio, for orchestra
PROKOFIEV                                       Violin Concerto No. 2
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1


Programme 2a
13, 14 October 2018
Christian Thielemann

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2

Programme 2b
17, 18 October 2018
Christian Thielemann

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish;
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4


Programme 3
10, 11, 12 November 2018
Herbert Blomstedt
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1


Programme 4
16, 17, 18 December 2018
David Afkham (replacing Myung-Whun Chung)
Vilde Frang, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 7






Programme 5
12, 13, 14 January 2019
Lionel Bringuier
Yuja Wang, piano

EÖTVÖS                                            zeroPoints
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
BARTÓK                                            Concerto for Orchestra


Programme 6
26, 27, 28 January 2019
Christian Thielemann
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 2


Programme 7
13, 14, 15 February 2019
Christoph Eschenbach
Venera Gimadieva, soprano, Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano, Pavol Breslik, tenor, René Pape, bass, Sächsische Staatsopernchor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

DVOŘÁK                                           Stabat Mater


Programme 8
24, 25, 26 February 2019
Christian Thielemann
Zoltán Mácsai, Jochen Ubbelohde, Julius Rönnebeck, Miklós Takács, horns

SCHUMANN                                       Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’





Programme 9
14, 15 April 2019
Omer Meir Wellber
Steven Isserlis, cello, Sarah-Jane Brandon, soprano, Katija Bragojevic, mezzo-soprano, Luis Gomes, tenor, Milan Siljanov, bass, Dresdner Kammerchor

GÓRECKI                                           Amen, for a cappella chorus
HAYDN                                             Cello Concerto in D major
HAYDN                                             Nelson Mass


Programme 10
9, 10, 11 May 2019
Vladimir Jurowski
Isabel Karajan, narrator, Tuuli Takala, soprano, Christina Bock, mezzo-soprano, Ladies of the Dresdner Kammerchor

WEBER                                              Oberon, Overture
HENZE                                              Symphony No. 8
MENDELSSOHN                                  A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music


Programme 11
9, 10, 11 June 2019
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano

MUSSORGSKY                                    A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
PROKOFIEV                                       Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY                                      The Rite of Spring


Programme 12
7, 8, 9 July 2019
Manfred Honeck (replacing Franz Welser-Möst)
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin

DVOŘÁK                                           Carnival Overture
MARTINŮ                                           Violin Concerto No. 2
SUPPÉ                                                Die Libelle, Polka
JOSEF STRAUSS                                   Furioso Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Frühlingsstimmen
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Im Krapfenwalde, Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka








                                                        
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
2019 – 2020 season


Programme 1a
31 August, 1 September 2019
Myung-Whun Chung
Yuja Wang, piano

RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 1b
2 September 2019
Myung-Whun Chung
Laura Aikin, soprano

WEBER                                              Der Freischütz, Overture
ENESCU                                             Sept Chansons de Clément Marot
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2


Programme 2
15, 16, 17 September 2019
Daniel Gatti
Sol Gabetta, cello

SAINT-SAËNS                                     Cello Concerto No. 1
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5


Programme 3
20, 21, 22 October 2019
Omer Meir Wellber
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

BARTÓK                                            Violin Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV                                       Overture on Hebrew Themes
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 6


Programme 4
10, 11, 12 November 2019
David Robertson
Elena Zhidkova, soprano, Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone

REIMANN                                           Nine Pieces for Orchestra
BARTÓK                                            Duke Bluebeard’s Castle







Programme 5
15, 16, 17 December 2019
Christian Thielemann

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


Programme 6
12, 13, 14 January 2020
Christian Thielemann

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5


Programme 7
13, 14, 15 February 2020
Daniel Harding
Dresden State Opera Chorus

PURCELL                                            Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 10 (compl. Cooke)


Programme 8
8, 9, 10 March 2020
Christian Thielemann
Stephen Gould, Waldemar, Camilla Nylund, Tove, Christa Mayer, Waldtaube, Markus Marquardt, Bauer, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Klaus-Narr, Franz Grundheber, Sprecher, State Opera Chorus Dresden, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Members of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

SCHOENBERG                                    Gurrelieder





Programme 9                                       CANCELLED
5, 6 April 2020
Omer Meir Wellber
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano, Stepanka Pucalkova, mezzo-soprano, Werner Güra, tenor, Gábor Bretz, bass, MDR-Rundfunkchor

BACH                                                Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus I BWV 1080 (orch. Otto)
BACH                                                Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus V BWV 1080 (orch. Tornyai)
BACH                                                Ricercar a 6 from Das musikalische Opfer« BWV 1079 (orch. Webern)
BACH                                                Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus XIV BWV 1080 (orch. Milch-Sheriff)
BEETHOVEN                                      Mass in C major


Programme 10                                     CANCELLED
30 April, 1, 2 May 2020
Christian Thielemann
Sol Gabetta, cello

SCHUMANN                                       Genoveva, Overture
SCHUMANN                                       Cello Concerto
REIMANN                                           Seven Fragments for Orchestra in memoriam Schumann
SCHUMANN                                       Overture, Scherzo and Finale


Programme 11
7, 8, 9 June 2020
Myung-Whun Chung
Seong-Jin Cho, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 8


Programme 12
9, 10, 11 July 2020
Herbert Blomstedt
Krystian Zimerman, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 5

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