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Spring sings
Upshaw, Stade, Ramey, and lots o’ opera
BY LLOYD SCHWARTZ

April and May dangle some seductive events in front of classical-music lovers that ought to tempt anyone who isn’t one already. I’m most looking forward to pianist Leon Fleisher’s rescheduled celebration of his 75th birthday with music for one and two hands, including Brahms waltzes and Schubert’s great B-flat Sonata (Jordan Hall, May 20). Other FleetBoston Celebrity Series events that whet my appetite are soprano Dawn Upshaw (Jordan Hall, April 2); pianist Andrew Rangell in a challenging program that includes Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata (Jordan Hall, April 3); the Australian Chamber Orchestra, under Richard Tognetti, with pianist Piotr Anderszewski (Jordan Hall, April 30); and a duet recital with Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and bass Samuel Ramey (Symphony Hall, May 7); for information, call (617) 482-6661.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra winds down with a British-music program under the direction of former assistant conductor (and current Handel and Haydn Society music director) Grant Llewellyn (April 1-3 and 6); James Conlon leading Andreas Haefliger in the Brahms First Piano Concerto (April 8-10); Mario Venzago leading violinists Gidon Kremer and Ula Ulijona (April 22-24 and 27); Daniele Gatti with pianist Gianluca Cascioli in a Mozart and Mahler program (April 29–May 1); and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leading a sumptuous program of Berlioz’s La mort de Cléopatre and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (May 4 and 6-8); call (617) 266-1492.

Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic will conclude their "Mahler Journey" with Mahler’s most elusive symphony, No. 7, and mezzo-soprano Jane Struss singing the Rückert song "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (April 29 and May 2 at Sanders Theatre and May 1 at Jordan Hall); call (617) 236-0999. Susan Davenny Wyner’s New England String Ensemble has a local concert with violinist Arturo Delmoni, harpsichordist Yehudi Wyner, and soprano Maria Ferrante and a new piece by Scott Wheeler (Jordan Hall, April 4) and then a second one with pianist Virginia Eskin (Longy School, May 2); call (781) 224-1117.

Craig Smith and Emmanuel Music conclude their series devoted to "John Harbison and His World" with performances of three major vocal works: the Mirabai Songs, Book I of the Mottetti di Montale, and the Elizabeth Bishop cycle North and South (Emmanuel Church, April 18 and 25 and May 16); call (617) 536-3356.

David Hoose and the Cantata Singers offer religious choral works by Schütz, Hindemith, and Bruckner at the reverberant First Congregational Church in Cambridge (May 7 and 8). And Kayo Iwama leads the Cantata Singers’ Chamber Series in a Boston Composers’ Song Marathon (Longy School, April 18); call (617) 267-6502. For the Handel and Haydn Society, Grant Llewellyn conducts sacred pieces by Vivaldi and Verdi (Symphony Hall, April 30 and May 2); call (617) 266-4048. Martin Pearlman’s Boston Baroque returns to one of its greatest hits, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine (Jordan Hall, May 7 and 8); call (617) 484-9200. The Boston Early Music Festival presents the exciting German countertenor Andreas Scholl and harpsichordist Markus Märkl (Sanders Theatre, April 2), Les Talens Lyriques (Jesuit Urban Center, April 23), and superstar gambist Jordi Savall’s Hesperion XXI (Emmanuel Church, May 1); call (617) 424-7232. And the Cecilia Society goes solo with a special $100-a-ticket recital by baritone Robert Honeysucker (Goethe-Institut, May 22); call (617) 232-4540.

Triple Helix plays Beethoven and Shostakovich trios to benefit Amnesty International (Longy School, April 25); call (617) 623-0202. At Wellesley College, the trio is joined by violist Kim Kashkashian in a postponed concert that includes piano quartets by Brahms and Mahler (April 30); call (781) 283-2028. The directors of Janus 21, pianist Max Levinson and violinist Andrew Kohji Taylor, play a rare evening of music by Takemitsu (Longy School, April 30); call (617) 734-5174.

Opera lovers will be interested in the finale of Boston Lyric Opera’s "Italian Season," Mozart’s profound inquiry into human sexual behavior disguised as romantic comedy, Cosí fan tutte. The cast includes Jennifer Casey Cabot, Jossie Pérez, James Maddalena, and Janna Baty (Shubert Theatre, April 28 and 30 and May 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11); call (617) 542-4912. Opera Boston brings us prime Verdi — his pastoral tragedy, Luisa Miller, led by Gil Rose, with Barbara Quintiliani, Yegishe Manucharyan, and Robert Honeysucker (Cutler Majestic, April 30 and May 2); call (617) 451-3388. And Jeffrey Rink leads his Chorus pro Musica and the powerful tenor Allan Glassman as Faust in a concert version of Boito’s rarely performed Mefistofele (Jordan Hall, May 23); call (617) 267-7442.

One of the highest points of the spring is sure to be the free 30th-wedding-anniversary recital by pianists Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun (Jordan Hall, May 5); call (617) 585-1122.


Issue Date: March 26 - April 1, 2004
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