Happy New Year, VFTP Friends and Fans<\/p>\n
The old year is out and the new one has arrived, which means it is Repertoire Report season at VFTP. \u00a0Our crack research team has spent literally minutes upon minutes combing through my programs for the year now past, assembling the annual listing of repertoire.<\/p>\n
2011 was a very different year for me on many levels- more touring with the trio, which means more repeat performances of core works, and lots of time spent on recording projects. A great deal of time in the first half of the year went into getting the post-production details of my recordings of Mahler\u2019s Das Lied von der Erde and Schumann and G\u00e1l\u2019s 3rd<\/sup> Symphonies right. There were edits and masters to listen to and check, program notes to write and lots more. I recorded 3 more CD\u2019s in 2011. First up in June was\u00a0 a fantastic disc of new works for Japanese traditional instruments and orchestra in collaboration with my Orchestra of the Swan colleague David Curtis and my inspirational colleagues at Kyo-Shin An Arts. Then, in December, there were two more G\u00e1l projects- the Orchestra of the Swan recording of G\u00e1l 4 and Schumann 2 followed by the first recording of my string trio, Ensemble Epomeo, of the complete string trios of G\u00e1l and Hans Krasa. So, all in all, more repeat performances, more prep time and post production for recordings and fewer works getting a single outing.<\/p>\n I point this all out because on first glance, this repertoire report makes it look a bit like I had a slow year in 2011, when nothing could be further from the truth. Numerically, Repertoire Reports are incredibly prone to statistical distortion. Some projects, like the Rose City International Conductor\u2019s Workshop (which took a hiatus in 2011), the Harlech workshop I did in 2010 or any Viennese New Year project can add 10-20 works to a list in a week. On the other hand, huge works like Mahler 6 or Shostakovich 7 take up a lot of space on programs and in rehearsal time. This past year definitely tilted towards bigger, long-term projects.<\/p>\n As in past years, we\u2019ll save detailed discussion, analysis and comparison with past years and other conductors for future posts<\/p>\n You can see my 2010 repertoire report here<\/a>. 2009 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Bartok- Concerto for Orchestra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Beethoven- String Trio op 9 no. 11<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Beethoven- Piano Concerto no. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Beethoven- Symphony no. 1 in C major (2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Beethoven- Symphony no. 9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Brahms- Alto Rhapsody<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Brahms- Tragic Overture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Brahms- Variations on a Theme by Haydn<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Brahms- Piano Concerto. no. 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong>10. <\/em><\/strong>Brahms- Symphony no. 1 in C minor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 11. <\/em><\/strong>Britten- Cello Sonata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 12. <\/em><\/strong>Bruckner- Symphony no. 5<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 13. <\/em><\/strong>Chopin- Cello Sonata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 14. <\/em><\/strong>Copland- Dance Episodes from Rodeo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 15. <\/em><\/strong>Dvorak- Wind Serenade<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 16. <\/em><\/strong>Dvorak- In Nature’s Realm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 17. <\/em><\/strong>Dvorak- Othello<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 18. <\/em><\/strong>Dvorak- Carnival <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 19. <\/em><\/strong>Dvorak- Violin Concerto <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 20. <\/em><\/strong>Elgar- In the South <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 21. <\/em><\/strong>Elgar- Symphony no. 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 22. <\/em><\/strong>Gal- Serenade for String Trio op 41 (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 23. <\/em><\/strong>Gal- Trio op 104 (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 24. <\/em><\/strong>Gal- Symphony no. 4 (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 25. <\/em><\/strong>Gershwin- Rhapsody in Blue <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 26. <\/em><\/strong>Edward Gregson- Contrasts for Orchestra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 27. <\/em><\/strong>Glazunov- Violin Concerto <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 28. <\/em><\/strong>Holst- The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 29. <\/em><\/strong>Hummel-Trumpet Concerto<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 30. <\/em><\/strong>Krasa- Tanec (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 31. <\/em><\/strong>Krasa- Passacaglia and Fugue (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 32. <\/em><\/strong>Levinson- Three Parables<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 33. <\/em><\/strong>Lyadov- Eight Russian Folksongs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 34. <\/em><\/strong>Mahler- Symphony no. 6 in A minor “Tragic”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 35. <\/em><\/strong>Mendelssohn- Cello Sonata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 36. <\/em><\/strong>Mendelssohn- Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 37. <\/em><\/strong>Mendelssohn- Symphony no. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 38. <\/em><\/strong>Mozart: Divertimento K136<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 39. <\/em><\/strong>Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, Turkish<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 40. <\/em><\/strong>Mozart: Symphony no. 29<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 41. <\/em><\/strong>Mozart- Symphony no. 35 in D major (Haffner)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 42. <\/em><\/strong>Mozart- Symphony no. 38 in D major “Prague <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 43. <\/em><\/strong>Saint-Saens- Cello Concerto no. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 44. <\/em><\/strong>James Schlefer<\/em><\/strong><\/a>– Shakuhachi Concerto (UK Premiere) (rec)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
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