{"id":737,"date":"2008-12-18T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T12:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/12\/18\/repertoire-report-christoph-eschenbach-2008\/"},"modified":"2009-12-20T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T09:50:46","slug":"repertoire-report-christoph-eschenbach-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/12\/18\/repertoire-report-christoph-eschenbach-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Repertoire Report- Christoph Eschenbach 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter from Houston rembers former HSO Music Director Christoph Eschenbach fondly for what he calls \u201cmany years of transformative and inspiring leadership,\u201d so he\u2019s processed Eschenbach\u2019s 2008 repertoire as it appears on his website here.<\/a> Thanks Peter!<\/p>\n

At over 103 pieces (the exact program of his Advent Concert is not listed), it\u2019s quite a list, and a very interesting one. Eschenbach\u2019s schedule is truly awe-inspiring- tons of concerts all over the world. In the course of the year, he seems to be re-visiting a few pieces very frequently, notably Dvorak 9 and Bruckner 6, but several others as well. Unlike Leonard and Paavo, Eschenbach is also active as an instrumentalist as well, primarily in chamber music and song.<\/p>\n

There are several premieres and new pieces, including a lot of Higdon (Jennifer is based in Philly and has a special relationship with the Philadelphia Orchestra, so that is unsurprising), but on the whole, his looks like the most \u201cmainstream\u201d of the lists we\u2019ve examined so far. More emphasis on standard rep tends to mean more pieces in common with other conductors, and sure enough, I\u2019ve conducted a higher proportion of pieces on Eschenbach\u2019s list than on Jarvi, Slatkin or Bychkov\u2019s.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s interesting to note what he\u2019s not doing much of- only one Beethoven symphony all year (the 6th<\/sup>), and no Mozart or Haydn symphonies at all. He\u2019s also doing the least Rachmaninoff of anyone on the list this year, just excerpts (!) from the Paganini Fantasy. There\u2019s almost no English music, except for the Britten Violin Concerto which seems to be emerging this year as a standard repertoire piece, and no Sibelius symphonies or tone poems.<\/p>\n

I hope more readers will help us keep this project going. Conductor Ian Mclarty has submitted his own list here<\/a>– more lists from young and aspiring conductors, staff conductors, academic conductors and regional conductors would make a great counterbalance to the rep lists we\u2019ve already posted.<\/p>\n

Christoph Eschenbach Repertoire 2008-<\/p>\n

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1- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>Advent Concert- <\/span><\/strong>featuring works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart and F. Schubert
\n<\/span><\/em>2- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BACH Magnificat<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>3- <\/span><\/strong>BARTOK Piano Concerto No. 3
\n<\/span>4- <\/span><\/strong>BEETHOVEN Egmont <\/em>Overture
\n<\/span>5- <\/span><\/strong>BEETHOVEN Quintet for Piano and Winds
\n<\/span>6- <\/span><\/strong>BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
\n<\/span>7- <\/span><\/strong>BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
\n<\/span>8- <\/span><\/strong>BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
\n<\/span>9- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>10- <\/span><\/strong>BERLIOZ Overture to Carnaval romain<\/em>
\n<\/span>11- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’\u00c9t\u00e9<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>12- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BERLIOZ “A Ball,” from Symphonie fantastique<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>13- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>14- <\/span><\/strong>BERNSTEIN Jeremiah<\/em> (Symphony No. 1)
\n<\/em><\/span>15- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>16- <\/span><\/strong>BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
\n<\/span>17- <\/span><\/strong>BRAHMS Sonata for Two Pianos
\n<\/span>18- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BRAHMS Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge Op. 32<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>19- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BRAHMS Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge Op. 121<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>20- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>21- <\/span><\/strong>BRAHMS Double Concerto
\n<\/span>22- <\/span><\/strong>BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
\n<\/span>23- <\/span><\/strong>BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
\n<\/span>24- <\/span><\/strong>BRITTEN Violin Concerto
\n<\/span>25- <\/span><\/strong>BRUCKNER Mass No. 2 in E minor
\n<\/span>26- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>BRUCKNER Ave Maria<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>27- <\/span><\/strong>BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6
\n<\/span>28- <\/span><\/strong>BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
\n<\/span>29- <\/span><\/strong>BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9
\n<\/span>30- <\/span><\/strong>DALBAVIE\u00a0La Source d’un regard<\/em> – US premi\u00e8re (PO co-commission)
\n<\/span>31- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>DEBUSSY La Mer<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>32- <\/span><\/strong>DONIZETTI Excerpt from Act II, Scene 2, of The Elixir of Love<\/em>
\n<\/span>33- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>DVORAK Carnival Overture<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>34- <\/span><\/strong>DVORAK Quintet for Piano and Strings
\n<\/span>35- <\/span><\/strong>DVORAK Cello Concerto
\n<\/span>36- <\/span><\/strong>DVORAK Symphony No. 7
\n<\/span>37- <\/span><\/strong>DVORAK Symphony No. 8
\n<\/span>38- <\/span><\/strong>DVORAK Sympony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
\n<\/span>39- <\/span><\/strong>ESCAICH Organ Concerto
\n<\/span>40- <\/span><\/strong>GRIEG Piano Concerto
\n<\/span>41- <\/span><\/strong>HIGDON The Singing Rooms<\/em> for violin, chorus, and orchestra – world premi\u00e8re (PO commission)
\n<\/span>42- <\/span><\/strong>HIGDON Concerto 4-3<\/em> for string trio and orchestra – world premi\u00e8re (PO commission)
\n<\/span>43- <\/span><\/strong>HINDEMITH Klaviermusik mit Orchester<\/em> for piano (left hand) and orchestra
\n<\/span>44- <\/span><\/strong>HINDEMITH Viola Concerto (“Der Schwanendreher”)
\n<\/span>45- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>JOEL\/orch. Ellis Waltz No. 2 (Steinway Hall)<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>46- <\/span><\/strong>JOEL\/arr. and orch. ELLIS A selection of Mr. Joel’s popular works
\n<\/span>47- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>IVES Three quarter-tone pieces<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>48- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MAHLER Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>49- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MAHLER R\u00fcckert Lieder<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>50- <\/span><\/strong>MAHLER Symphony No. 1
\n<\/span>51- <\/span><\/strong>MAHLER Symphony No. 3
\n<\/span>52- <\/span><\/strong>MAHLER Symphony No. 6
\n<\/span>53- <\/span><\/strong> MAHLER Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”)
\n<\/span>54- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>55- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MESSIAEN Les Offrandes oubli\u00e9es<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>56- <\/span><\/strong>MESSIAEN Turangal\u00eela-Symphonie<\/em>
\n<\/span>57- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MOZART Ave Verum Corpus<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>58- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>MOZART Sinfonia Concertante<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>59- <\/span><\/strong>MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death <\/em>(arr. Shostakovich)
\n<\/span>60- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>PINTSCHER H\u00e9rodiade-Fragmente<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>61- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>PUCCINI “O mio babbino caro,” from Gianni Schicchi<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>62- <\/span><\/strong>PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
\n<\/span>63- <\/span><\/strong>RACHMANINOV Excerpt from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
\n<\/span>64- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>RAVEL Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>65- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>RAVEL Ma M\u00e8re l’Oye<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>66- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>RAVEL La Valse<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>67- <\/span><\/strong>RAVEL Daphnis et Chlo\u00e9<\/em>, Suite No. 2
\n<\/span>68- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>RAVEL Bol\u00e9ro<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>69- <\/span><\/strong>SAARIAHO Mirage <\/em>for soprano, cello and orchestra – world premi\u00e8re (Orchestre de Paris co-commission)
\n<\/span>70- <\/span><\/strong>SAARIAHO Cello Concerto (“Notes on light”)
\n<\/span>71- <\/span><\/strong>SAARIAHO Orion<\/em>
\n<\/span>72- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUBERT Piano Quintet (“Trout”)
\n<\/span>73- <\/span><\/strong> SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony (quintet version)
\n<\/span>74- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUBERT Fantasy in F minor<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>75- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUBERT Symphony in B minor (“Unfinished”)
\n<\/span>76- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUBERT Symphony in C major (“Great”)
\n<\/span>77- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHULLER Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>78- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUMANN Die Braut von Messina<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>79- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUMANN Konzertst\u00fcck<\/em> for four horns and orchestra
\n<\/span>80- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUMANN\/transcr. Debussy Six Etudes en forme de canon
\n<\/em><\/span>81- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUMANN 3 songs on poems by Heinrich Heine
\n<\/em><\/span>82- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUMANN Liederkreis Op. 24<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>83- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und \u2013leben<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>84- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>SCHUMANN Kinderszenen<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>85- <\/span><\/strong>SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
\n<\/span>86- <\/span><\/strong>SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
\n<\/span>87- <\/span><\/strong>SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
\n<\/span>88- <\/span><\/strong>SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
\n<\/span>89- <\/span><\/strong>SMETANA The Bartered Bride<\/em>
\n<\/span>90- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>91- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>STRAVINSKY L’Histoire du soldat<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>92- <\/span><\/strong>STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps<\/em> <\/span>
\n<\/span>93- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>STRAVINSKY Pulcinella<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>94- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations<\/em> for cello and orchestra<\/span>
\n<\/span>95- <\/span><\/strong><\/em>TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/span>96- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini<\/em>
\n<\/span>97- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto<\/span>
\n<\/span>98- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
\n<\/span>99- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
\n<\/span>100- <\/span><\/strong>TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 “Path\u00e9tique”<\/span>
\n<\/span>101- <\/span><\/strong>TRADITIONAL Yellow River Concerto<\/span>
\n<\/span>102- <\/span><\/strong>VARIOUS\/arr. Turlik\/orch. O’Loughlin Etude for PVC Pipes and Orchestra (Some Assembly Required)
\n<\/span>103- <\/span><\/strong>ZEMLINSKY Lyric Symphony<\/em> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n