The new trailer for the ACCENTUS music production of Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez and the Staatskapelle Berlin’s performance at the Philharmonie, Essen, is available to view on YouTube now. The programme is composed of:
Franz Liszt:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
Consolation No. 3
Valse oubliée No. 1
Richard Wagner:
A Faust Overture
Siegfried Idyll
This exciting DVD is the first of the ACCENTUS Music 2012 new releases – the concert when live received outstanding reviews with The Daily Telegraph describing it as ‘A real miracle, like catching two starts in a rare celestial conjunction…no wonder the audience went into delirium at the end. They knew they’d witnessed something utterly extraordinary.’
The DVD and Blu-ray will be available from 27th February (UK), 20th February (Germany), 28th February (USA) and 6th March (France).
It is that time of year again – WildKat PR are looking for an intern to join our team in London for 3-6 months starting in February.
Any applicant will need to be passionate about classical music, culture and the performing arts, and a second language is definitely a bonus, but not essential! An interest in new media and knowledge of social networking platforms is also important.
This is a great opportunity for someone considering a career in arts PR or marketing who is seeking to gain first-hand experience. You will assist with researching and reporting on new developments in the classical music world, writing press releases for clients and blogs for the WildKat PR website, researching press opportunities, as well as general tasks such as keeping the office in top running order.
The successful candidate needs to be self-motivated with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good computer skills are vital. You will need to be confident and able to take on responsibility, as well as being organised, able to prioritise and meet deadlines.
To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to london@wildkatpr.com before 5pm on January 30th.
Interviews will be held on the 3rd February and the start date will be the 13th February.
N.B. Only candidates able to work five days a week from 10 – 6 should apply.
A new video of the Belcea Quartet is available to view on YouTube now. In it, the Quartet perform Szymanowski’s string quartet no.2, op. 56 at Handelsbeurs, Gent.
January 2012 sees the Belcea Quartet perform the third instalment of their Beethoven string quartet cycle:
Beethoven, op. 18 no. 2 in G major.
Beethoven, op. 59 no. 2 in E minor.
Beethoven, op. 131 in C sharp minor.
UK tour dates include 20th January at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool and Saturday 21st January at Wigmore Hall, London, Thursday 26th January at The Sage, Gateshead and Friday 27th January & Sunday 28th January at the Britten Studio, Snape.
For more information on the tour please click here.
Having previously been described as “strongly recommended” by Gramophone Magazine, this DVD has already received widespread critical acclaim. In 2011, Andrew Clark in the Financial Times wrote “this DVD of last summer’s fabulously fluid performance with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is an important release” and BBC Music Magazine reviewer David Nice wrote: “Finest concert DVD ever? I think so.”
The ACCENTUS release of Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra playing Mahler’s 9th Symphony is available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray worldwide.
WildKat PR would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and happy new year. Thank you to everyone who has made 2011 such an exciting year for us – we can’t wait for 2012.
To celebrate the festive season, we’ve selected some of our favourite Christmas song for you to enjoy:
Thomas Kemp is featured in this month’s Gramophone magazine as their monthly ‘one to watch’. In it he is described as ‘a musician for the modern age’ and talks about his upcoming engagements such as Così fan tutte at Opera Holland Park and his new CD with Chamber Domaine; A Constant Obsession.
It also features a tribute from Judith Bingham, with whom he has an ongoing working relationship. In the piece, Bingham describes Thomas as ‘an incredibly dynamic person – like a shot in the arm’.
To read the full interview see the January issue of Gramophone magazine – available now.
A new video of the Belcea Quartet is available to view on YouTube now. In it, members Corina Belcea, Axel Schacher, Krzysztof Chorzelski and Antoine Lederlin discuss embarking on the mountainous task of performing all of Beethoven’s String Quartets in one year.
The Quartet is currently almost halfway through its Beethoven String Quartet cycle. Upcoming UK concert dates are:
Friday 20th January 2012: St George’s Hall, Liverpool
The past year has seen a number of exciting highlights including 9 world-class releases and awards such as the prestigious Diapason d’Or and Choc de Classica. Now, 2012 is shaping up to be a very exciting year for ACCENTUS Music:
A new production featuring Daniel Barenboim sees the pianist perform both of Liszt’s Piano Concertos in a single concert under the baton of Pierre Boulez with the outstanding Staatskapelle Berlin. For both musicians Liszt was one of the most important pioneers of modern music, who influenced revolutionary contemporaries including Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner. Two examples of Wagner’s magnificent orchestral work round off the concert programme which celebrates Liszt’s 200th birthday.
Next year also sees a release with Claudio Abbado conducting his ‘super-league’ Lucerne Festival Orchestra in a recording of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony. With this work, which combines a sense of intimate composure with strikingly monumental form, the conductor and orchestra toured around Europe in 2011 giving concerts that were described as “exceptional” by the Financial Times and “glorious” by the Observer.
The premiere of Liszt’s First Piano Concerto took place in Weimar in 1855 with Liszt himself at the piano and Hector Berlioz conducting. The impressive partnership of Barenboim and Boulez on this ACCENTUS Music recording reflects the significance of the work’s first performers.
In addition, 2012 will see the theatrical release of a documentary about the St. Thomas Boys Choir in Germany. This film, directed by Paul Smaczny and Günter Atteln, documents the world-famous 800 year-old boys’ choir as it is today. It follows three members of the choir as well as cantor Georg Christoph Biller, accompanying them as they tour South America, coping with the pressures of professional performance whilst also balancing schoolwork and adolescent life.
Next year also sees the continuation of the partnership between ACCENTUS Music and Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, with productions of Mahler Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6, following the successful releases of Mahler 2 and 8 in 2011. Both DVDs were praised with the Choc de Classica, while Symphony No. 2 was awarded the prestigious Diapason d’Or.
For more information please visit the ACCENTUS website here.
Thomas Kemp was on In Tune on Tuesday talking about his Christmas concert, Music@Malling. This is also a first chance to hear world-premier recordings of music by Mark Anthony Turnage, from the CD recorded by Thomas Kemp and Chamber Domaine; A Constant Obsession.
You can also see Thomas Kemp featured in the January Issue of Gramophone magazine, out now.
If you missed In Tune on Tuesday, you can still listen here.
For more information on A Constant Obsession, go to the Resonus website here.
WildKatPR is proud to announce that we will be working with four outstanding new clients in various fields. These are Andrew Staples (tenor), Vignette Productions (opera production company), Sid Samberg (composer / pianist) and Music in Offices (music education group).
WildKat is managing an international campaign for all of Andrew Staples’ engagements as well as looking towards his upcoming project, Opera For Change, in September 2013. Andrew will be performing in Opera Holland Park‘s production of Così fan tutte this summer and directing a new production of La Cenerentola at Bury Court Opera in March.
Sid Samberg is a dynamic young composer and pianist who has performed internationally. WildKat is working with Sid, consulting on his career in both America and Europe.
We are also working with Music In Offices, a unique music education company whose clients are high fliers from a range of industries. WildKat is working on their innovative Office Choir Of The Year initiative.
