2007 in classical music

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Events

January 1 — George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Commonwealth New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame. Imogen Cooper and John Rutter are appointed CBE.^[1]
February – A lightning strike severely damages the ageing organ at Llandaff Cathedral, which has to be replaced.^[2]
February 26 – Gramophone magazine reports on its website a confession by William Barrington-Coupe that he released recordings by other pianists under the name of his wife Joyce Hatto, claiming that she was unaware of the deception.^[3]
April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram.^[4]
May 16–20 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
4–August 11 – The Three Choirs Festival is held at Gloucester, with a programme including Benjamin Britten's War Requiem and Mahler's Symphony No 8.^[5]
24 August – The Faenol Festival in North Wales, masterminded by Bryn Terfel, opens with a concert featuring Girls Aloud. Other artists appearing during the weekend include Rebecca Evans, Carlos Alvarez, and Michael Ball.^[6]
September 22–29 – The 35th North Wales International Music Festival is held at St Asaph.
November 9 – At the Hindu Novemberfest, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan and Western Classical pianist Anil Srinivasan première tracks from their collaborative album Colour of Rain.^[7]

New works

Instrumental works

Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto^[8]
Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"
Brice Pauset – Vier variationen, for flute, percussion, piano and string trio
Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina^[9]
Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite, for flute, violoncello and piano
Sofia Gubaidulina
- Ravvedimento, for cello and four guitars
- In Tempus Praesens, concert for violin and orchestra
Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto
Wojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony, for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
Claude Ledoux – Canto a due for B♭ clarinet and cello
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klang^[10]
- Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
- Glück (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
- Hoffnung (Hope), for violin, viola, and cello
- Glanz (Brilliance), for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and viola
- Treue (Fidelity), for E-flat clarinet, basset horn, and bass clarinet
- Erwachen (Awakening), for soprano saxophone, trumpet, and cello
Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing, for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet

Opera premieres

Alice in Wonderland (Unsuk Chin, David Henry Hwang; June 30)^[11]
Appomattox (Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton; October 5)^[12]
Frau Margot (Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Corsaro; June 2)^[13]
Monkey: Journey to the West (Chen Shi-Zheng, Damon Albarn; 28 June)^[14]

Ballet

Lorenzo Ferrero – Franca Florio, regina di Palermo^[15]

Albums

Musical films

War/Dance^[18]
Water Flowing Together^[19]

Deaths

January 1 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor, 83^[20]
January 3 – János Fürst, Hungarian conductor and violinist, 71^[21]
January 21 – Mina Foley, New Zealand coloratura soprano, 76^[22]
January 28 – Karel Svoboda, Czech songwriter and composer, 68 (suicide)^[23]
December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German avant-garde composer, 79^[24]
December 16 – Harald Genzmer, German composer and academic, 98^[25]

Major awards

Classical Brits^[26]

Singer of the Year — Anna Netrebko
Musician of the Year — Leif Ove Andsnes
Young British Classical Performer — Ruth Palmer
Album of the Year — Paul McCartney – Ecce Cor Meum
Soundtrack of the Year — Planet Earth – George Fenton
Critics' Award — Freiberg Baroque Orchestra/RIAS Kammerchoir/Rene Jacobs - Mozart/La Cler
Lifetime Achievement In Music — Vernon Handley

Grammy Awards

See 50th Grammy Awards

References

^ "New Year honours list 2007". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ "Llandaff Cathedral". Nicholson & Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ Charlotte Smith (17 December 2012). "I did it for my wife' Joyce Hatto exclusive, William Barrington-Coupe confesses". Gramophone. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ Ben Zeev (April 29, 2007)
^ "3 Choirs Festival 2007: Programme. Retrieved 14 Oct 2012". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
^ "Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival 2007". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ Anil Srinivasan (November 17, 2021). "My November Fest". The Hindu. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "Kalevi Aho - Oboe Concerto". Discogs. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "Michael Daugherty - Deus Ex Machina". Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ Woolfe, Zachary (28 March 2016). "Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klang, an Epic Cycle at 3 Met Museums (print edition as "Hours and Hours of Stockhausen")". The New York Times.
^ "Alice in Wonderland, Unsuk Chin" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ Joshua Kosman (8 October 2007). "Philip Glass opera Appomattox both impressive and inconsistent". San Francisco Chronicle.
^ "FWO Archives: The Making of 'Frau Margot' (World Premiere, 2007 Festival)". Fort Worth Opera. 31 March 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ Hewitt, Ivan (23 June 2007). "A whole new aria for Damon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
^ "Franca Florio, regina di Palermo, rivive al Teatro Massimo". Morfoedro (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2024.
^ Haydn Piano Sonatas (Media notes). Fazıl Say. CD/Album Sleeve: Naïve Classique. 2007. p. 3. V 5070.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour". schickele.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "NY Times: War/Dance". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
^ "Moving on and Looking Back: A Ballet Star's Afterlife". New York TImes. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "Julius Hegyi Obituary". Legacy.com. 5 January 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ "Obituaries: Janos Furst, 'Edge of the seat' conductor". The Independent. 10 January 2007.
^ "'Voice of the century' Mina Foley dies at 77". The New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^ "Legendary Czech songwriter Karel Svoboda dies at 68". Radio Prague International. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
^ "Karlheinz Stockhausen: Influential and Controversial German Composer Who Pursued His Uncompromising Avant-Garde Vision through Six Decades". The Times. 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Genzmer". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Paul McCartney, Ruth Palmer among winners at Classical Brits". The Guardian. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[1] "New Year honours list 2007". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[2] "Llandaff Cathedral". Nicholson & Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[3] Charlotte Smith (17 December 2012). "I did it for my wife' Joyce Hatto exclusive, William Barrington-Coupe confesses". Gramophone. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[4] Ben Zeev (April 29, 2007)

[5] "3 Choirs Festival 2007: Programme. Retrieved 14 Oct 2012". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[6] "Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival 2007". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

[7] Anil Srinivasan (November 17, 2021). "My November Fest". The Hindu. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[8] "Kalevi Aho - Oboe Concerto". Discogs. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[9] "Michael Daugherty - Deus Ex Machina". Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[10] Woolfe, Zachary (28 March 2016). "Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klang, an Epic Cycle at 3 Met Museums (print edition as "Hours and Hours of Stockhausen")". The New York Times.

[11] "Alice in Wonderland, Unsuk Chin" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[12] Joshua Kosman (8 October 2007). "Philip Glass opera Appomattox both impressive and inconsistent". San Francisco Chronicle.

[13] "FWO Archives: The Making of 'Frau Margot' (World Premiere, 2007 Festival)". Fort Worth Opera. 31 March 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[14] Hewitt, Ivan (23 June 2007). "A whole new aria for Damon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2011.

[15] "Franca Florio, regina di Palermo, rivive al Teatro Massimo". Morfoedro (in Italian). Retrieved 18 November 2024.

[16] Haydn Piano Sonatas (Media notes). Fazıl Say. CD/Album Sleeve: Naïve Classique. 2007. p. 3. V 5070.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[17] "P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour". schickele.com. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[18] "NY Times: War/Dance". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

[19] "Moving on and Looking Back: A Ballet Star's Afterlife". New York TImes. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[20] "Julius Hegyi Obituary". Legacy.com. 5 January 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[21] "Obituaries: Janos Furst, 'Edge of the seat' conductor". The Independent. 10 January 2007.

[22] "'Voice of the century' Mina Foley dies at 77". The New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[23] "Legendary Czech songwriter Karel Svoboda dies at 68". Radio Prague International. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

[24] "Karlheinz Stockhausen: Influential and Controversial German Composer Who Pursued His Uncompromising Avant-Garde Vision through Six Decades". The Times. 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[25] "Genzmer". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[26] "Paul McCartney, Ruth Palmer among winners at Classical Brits". The Guardian. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2024.

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Events

New works

Instrumental works

Opera premieres

Ballet

Albums

Musical films

Deaths

Major awards

Classical Brits[26]

Grammy Awards

See also

References

Classical Brits^[26]