Gerstein / Cleveland Orchestra
“Kirill Gerstein, in his debut with the [Cleveland] Orchestra, proved to be a bold, sensitive soloist [in the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3], with an ability to send piano sound vibrantly into the summer night. … [He] made the lyrical material sing, and his fingers appeared to be unstoppable amid Rachmaninoff’s torrent of notes.”
– The Plain Dealer, July 2008 [Donald Rosenberg]
February 23, 2012
Sala Verdi
w/Steven Isserlis, cello
Beethoven: 12 Variations on a theme from Handel’s Oratorio “Judas Maccabeus”, WoO, 45
12 Variations in F major on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ from Mozart’s Magic Flute , Op.66
Cello sonata in F major, Op. 5 No. 1
Horn Sonata in F major Op. 17 (transcribed for cello)
Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 69
March 6, 2012
Hungarian National Philharmonic
Zoltán Kocsis, conductor
Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
March 9 & 10, 2012
Grand Rapids Symphony
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Programme:
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
March 18, 2012
Portland Piano International
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
March 23, 2012
Town and Gown Chamber Music Association
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
March 25, 2012
Sunday Afternoon of Music
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
March 30, 2012
Berklee College of Music
w/Anat Cohen, clarinet
Programme:
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
April 7 & 8, 2012
Dresden Philharmonic
Michael Sanderling, conductor
Programme:
Beethoven: Leonore Overture (no. 2)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1
Elgar: Enigma Variations
April 19, 2012
Vancouver Recital Society
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
April 21, 2012
92nd St. Y
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
April 29, 2012
Gilmore Festival
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811
Busoni: An die Jugend (To the Youth)
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Weber: Invitation to the Dance
Schumann: Carnaval
Schubert: Selections from Soireés de Vienne
May 9, 2012
Gilmore Festival
Joint recital w/Brad Mehldau, piano
Joint recital w/Brad Mehldau, piano
May 12, 2012
Gilmore Festival
w/Kalamazoo Symphony
Raymond Harvey, conductor
Programme:
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5, “Emperor”
May 17, 19 & 20
Atlanta Symphony
Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Programme:
Elgar: Cockaigne overture
Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2
June 4, 2012
Wigmore Hall
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite no. 6 in D minor
Mozart/Busoni: Gigue, Bolero and Variations
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance (London premiere)
Weber: Invitation to the Dance: Rondo Brilliant in D flat
Schumann: Carnaval op. 9
Schubert/Liszt: A selection from “Valses d’après Schubert”
June 7 & 9
Orchestre National de Lyon
Jakub Hrusa, conductor
Programme:
Smetana: “Sarka”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5, “Emperor”
Janácek: Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra
June 13 - 15, 2012
RAI Torino
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Programme:
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
June 30 - July 2, 2012
Munich Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Programme:
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3
Walton: Symphony no. 1
July 7, 2012
Vail Valley Music Festival
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Programme:
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6, “Pathetique”
July 11, 2012
Rheingau Music Festival
Recital
Programme:
Bach: English Suite no. 6 in D minor
Mozart/Busoni: Gigue, Bolero and Variations
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Schumann: Carnaval op. 9
Schubert/Liszt: Valse Caprice no. 6 from “Valses d’après Schubert”
July 24, 2012
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Recital
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Recital
July 25 & 26, 2012
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
w/Ida Kavafian, violin, and Chen Halevi, clarinet
Programme:
Barber: String Quartet in B Major
Beethoven: Sonata no. 2 for Violin and Piano
Knussen: Ophelia’s Last Dance
Bartok: Contrasts
July 29 & 30, 2012
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Programme:
Mozart: String Quartet no. 16
Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor
August 15, 2012
Lucerne Festival
w/members of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Programme:
Bach: Excerpts from A Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Messiaen: “Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps”
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor
• Liszt, Schumann and Knussen