Since that time, one of their number spurned his engagement with the Houston Symphony for a guest conducting gig in Boston. This in turn caused a shifting in the repetoire to be covered by the remaining guests and by Hans Graf.
So after the jump, a quick look at the updated list of the contenders and their repetoire.
Here are the contenders, in order of appearance. As each concert nears, look for a profile on the conductors and background material on the pieces to be played. Afterwards, look for a detailed review, which will hopefully include confidential impressions from members of the orchestra. In the meantime, you can follow the link from each conductor's name to his website:
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| September 28, 29, 30, 2012 John Storgårds, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano Program D – September 28, 30, 2012 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 Program E – September 29, 2012 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 |
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| October 18, 20, 21, 2012 Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Lang Lang, piano Lindberg: EXPO Beethoven: Piano Concertos 2, 3 and 5 Schumann: Symphony No. 4 |
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| October 26, 2012 – Friday ACCESS concert October 27, 28, 2012 – Standard concert format Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor William VerMeulen, horn Berlioz: Roman Carnival R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique |
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| November 1, 3, 4, 2012 Alexander Shelley, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 |
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| November 16, 17, 18, 2012 Thomas Dausgaard, conductor Stephen Hough, piano Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable |
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| January 31, February 2, 3, 2013 Christoph Koenig, conductor Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings – for Full String Orchestra Mahler: Symphony No. 1 |
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| February 14, 16, 17, 2013 Gilbert Varga, conductor Vilde Frang, violin Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 Prokofiev: Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet |
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| March 15, 16, 17, 2013 Hannu Lintu, conductor Houston Symphony Chorus Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Haydn: Symphony No. 98 Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast |
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| April 5, 6, 7, 2013 Carlos Kalmar, conductor Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitar Haydn: Symphony No. 20 Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes Rodrigo: Fantasia for a Nobleman – for Guitar and Orchestra Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat |
I thought Stolgards was great last year, this year he was similarly excellent, but did the orchestra like him? He seemed to be conducting a greater fraction of a second ahead compared with most conductors and on the way out both Saturday and Sunday he scratched his head curiously ("do I really want to come here?").
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