Lake Forest Symphony Listeners' Circle

Jim Kendros, Lake Forest Symphony’s pre-concert lecturer and music historian, will host a lively discussion this coming Thursday at 7 pm in the library’s Children’s Activity Room.  He will be discussing the music of the Symphony's Nov. 7 and 8 concerts: ACHÚCARRO PLAYS GRIEG with Vladimir Kulenovic, conductor, and Joaquín Achúcarro, piano.  Recordings of the selections for that concert and several books about the composers and selections are listed here and are on display on the round table in the library's rotunda.  We invite you to come to the Listeners' Circle and to check out some of these materials:

Haydn - The Representation of Chaos from The Creation

Exploring Haydn: A Listener’s Guide to Music’s Boldest Innovator (31243004253430) 

780.92 HAYDN HUR

The Creation (31243004296827) CD CHORAL MUSIC H   Performers: Sandrine Piau, Miah Persson, sopranos; Mark Padmore, tenor; Neal Davies, bass; Peter Harvey, baritone;  Chetham's Chamber Choir; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Paul McCreesh,conductor.

Haydn: The Creation  (31243005579130) CD CHORAL MUSIC H  Performers: Sarah Tynan, soprano; Jeremy Ovenden, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone; Handel and Haydn Society Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus; Harry Christophers, conductor.

The Creation (31243005577530) CD CHORAL MUSIC H  Performers:  Ida Falk Winland, Andrew Staples, David Stout, Robert Davies, Musica Saeculorum; 

Philipp von Steinaecker, conductor.

 Grieg - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor

Grieg/Saint-Saens : Piano Concertos (31243005576078) CD CONCERTO   

Performers: Vadym Kholodenko, piano; The Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor. Contents: Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16 / Edvard Grieg -- Piano concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 / Camille Saint-Saens.

Everybody’s Favorite Classical Piano Pieces (31243004915673) 786.2 EVE p.76 is a transcription of the opening of the Piano Concerto in A minor.

Piano Concerto : Lyric Pieces (31243005572556)  CD PIANO G  Performers: Javier Perianes, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor.

Piano Concertos (31243005259253) CD CONCERTO L  Performers: Nikolai Lugansky, piano; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Kent Nagano, conductor.

Holberg Suite; Piano Concerto in A minor; Lyric Suite (31243004977269) CD CONCERTO G

Performers: Bella Davidovich, piano; Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor.

Dinu Lipatti, the Master Pianist (31243005295638) CD PIANO L  Disc 5 contains the A minor piano concerto.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Beethoven's Symphonies: An Artistic Vision by Lewis Lockwood (W. W. Norton, 2015) (31243005594360) 784.2 BEETHOVEN LOC

Symphony no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60; Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92 - Beethoven, Ludwig van. 

(31243005007959) CD SYMPHONY B  Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Joshua Bell, conductor and concertmaster.

Complete symphonies - Beethoven, Ludwig van. (31243004843099) CD SYMPHONY B

Performers: Sinead Mulhern, soprano; Carolin Masur, mezzo-soprano; Dominik Wortig, tenor; Konstantin Wolff, bass-baritone; Choeur de chambre les elements; Joel Suhubiette, chorusmaster; La chambre philharmonique; Emmanuel Krivine, conductor.

Symphonies 5 & 7 - Beethoven, Ludwig van. (31243003951562) CD SYMPHONY B

Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor.

Symphony No. 5, C minor, op. 67 -- Symphony No. 7, A-Major, op. 92– Beethoven, Ludwig van.       (31243004189733) CD SYMPHONY B  Performers: Wiener Philharmoniker; Carlos Kleiber, conductor.

Symphony No. 7; Leonore Overture No. 3; Egmont Overture  (31243005578223) 

CD SYMPHONY B  Performers: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor.