Zubin Mehta + Daniel Barenboim + Pinchas Zukerman + Placido Domingo + Barbara Fittoli

My God...I had better start saving up right now.

Thanks, bhagwanji

Any chance of diverting their flight to Delhi

SDhawan schrieb:

Any chance of diverting their flight to Delhi :KR

Doctor Sahib,

Book your flight tickets right now.
Visit Mumbai from the 7th to the 13th.
There are 4 concerts.
You must attend all 4.
This is a chance of a life time.
You will never get to listen to them all together in 1 place at a ticket less than 200 euro's per show & that too will be sold out before you can get your hands on it.

I am serious. Plan a trip to Mumbai.
The concerts start on the 7th & finish on the 12th.

Stay here for 7 nights & attend all the shows. Also some audio auditioning [not that it will be anywhere close to the performance] would be possible - we not not be in a position to offer much [no super set ups are there], but you are most welcome ! Please do come.....
This is a chance of a life time......

हे भगवान !

आपने मुझे सोचने पर विवश कर दिया

श्रीमान इसी लिये तो उन्हे भगवान कहते है। पर डाक्टर साहब इन सितारो के लिये नही तो फ़िर हम बम्बईवालो को आप कि उपस्थिति का आनन्द दिजिये। Hmm... I don't think I got that quite right

particleman schrieb:

श्रीमान इसी लिये तो उन्हे भगवान कहते है। पर डाक्टर साहब इन सितारो के लिये नही तो फ़िर हम बम्बईवालो को आप कि उपस्थिति का आनन्द दिजिये। Hmm... I don't think I got that quite right :D

Thanks. I would love to meet all you guys. And I will sincerely try.

Come visit Mumbai - stay for a few days here. Visit the audio shops / dealers / distributors.

Go to Pune - Listen to the Siltech speaker. Visit a few 'audio homes' here. Attend the concerts -
This may be one of the 'better' concerts that may happen on this planet. Now I just wait for the programme - eagerly & get ready to spend a night out side the ticket office [my peon may have to indulge on my behalf] !!

This is truly a 'golden chance' all forum members should come. Stay in some club for 7 nights. Make an audio vacation out of it.

Zubin Mehta with the I.P.O. with soloist / pianist, Daniel Barenboim along with violinist Pinchas Zukerman.
Also joining them will be the tenor Placido Domingo and Soprano Barbara Fittoli.

7th October to the 12th of October, 2008
NCPA.

http://www.zubinmehta.net/53.0.html

The programme is here;

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
(Jamshed Bhabha Theatre)
Mumbai
www.mmmfindia.org
Tuesday, 7th October 2008, 19.00 h

Giuseppe Verdi: Ouverture to "La Forza del Destino"
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano concerto Nr. 3 with Daniel Barenboim
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony Nr. 9 "From the New World"
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
(Jamshed Bhabha Theatre)
Mumbai
www.mmmfindia.org
Thursday, 9th October 2008, 21.30 h

Paul Ben-Haim: Tehillim
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto with Pinchas Zukerman
Franz Schubert: Symphony Nr. 9
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Brabourne Stadium - Open Air
Mumbai
www.mmmfindia.org
Saturday, 11th October 2008, 20.45 h

with Barbara Frittoli, Soprano and Plàcido Domingo, Tenor

Programme tbc.
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
(Jamshed Bhabha Theatre)
Mumbai
www.mmmfindia.org
Sunday, 12th October 2008, 16.00 h

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss: Four last Songs with Barbara Frittoli, Soprano
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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http://www.danielbarenboim.com/recordings_v.htm

http://www.zubinmehta.net/

Hey nice pieces being played. They are common but many of them my favourite.

Actually this could also be a great opportunity for first timers as the music is not too heavy.......anyone looking for an initiation into classical music, one will be able to hear it in ots full glory at both concerts.

Placido is my dads favourite.

Tickets open ?
Manek

Manek schrieb:

Hey nice pieces being played. They are common but many of them my favourite. Actually this could also be a great opportunity for first timers as the music is not too heavy.......anyone looking for an initiation into classical music, one will be able to hear it in ots full glory at both concerts. Placido is my dads favourite. Tickets open ? Manek

First timers ?
Where are the tickets ?
How does one get them ?

It is going to be an impossible task.

Hi All,
Where could the tickts be available? How much would they cost. I suppose I would need to take a bank loan? Is its possible for one of us in Bombay to find out the details.It would also be a nice chance to meet up. The show sounds like a fantasy. Although mind you none of the big names - barring Mehta perhaps are in their prime. Even then, its a gift from the gods. Sorry, BHAGWAN!
Purnendu

purnendu schrieb:

Although mind you none of the big names - barring Mehta perhaps are in their prime. Even then, its a gift from the gods. Purnendu

Sir,
I am in no position to comment on that;
I am in no way an expert on "Western Classical Music"
I go with folded hands & listen to what is offered to me;
Simple.
I too am waiting and 'begging' for tickets !!!

Mehli Mehta Centenary Concerts

To celebrate the Birth Centenary of Mehli Mehta, and to acknowledge his invaluable contribution as a violinist, conductor and teacher in Mumbai during the 1930s–1950s, the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation presents five spectacular concerts with Maestro Zubin Mehta, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and some of the great and legendary artists of our time.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 7 pm
J B Theatre, NCPA
Soloist : Daniel Barenboim
Programme will include works by Verdi, Beethoven, Dvorak
Tickets: Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000
……………………………………………….……………………………………………

Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 9.30 pm
J B Theatre, NCPA
Soloist : Pinchas Zukerman
Programme will include works by Ben Chaim, Brahms, Schubert
Tickets: Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000
……………………………………………………………………………………………

Friday, October 10, 2008 at 6.30 pm
J B Theatre, NCPA
Recital Violin, Cello and Piano
Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth and Tatiana Goncharova
Programme will include works by Faure, Franck, Schubert
Tickets: Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs.1000, Rs. 500
………………………………………………………………………………………………

Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 8.30 pm
Brabourne Stadium, The Cricket Club of India
Soloists : Placido Domingo – Tenor
Barbara Frittoli - Soprano
Programme will include the world’s favourite opera arias, duets and orchestral interludes.
Tickets: Seating on the lawns - Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs.1000, Rs. 500, Stands (no chairs) Rs. 200
………….………………………………………………………………………………

Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 4 pm
Jamshed Bhabha Theatre
Soloist : Barbara Frittoli - Soprano
Programme includes works by Richard Strauss, Mussorgsky
Tickets: Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000, Rs. 3000, Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000

BOX OFFICE
No bookings will be entertained on the telephone or by email.

Priority booking for Patrons
MMMF premises
September 17 and 18 - 10 am to 5 pm

Public booking
NCPA Box Office
September 26, 27 and 28 - 10 am to 6 pm

From September 29 to October 11, tickets for the outdoor concert will be sold at the CCI Box Office, Stadium House, opposite Ambassador Hotel, Veer Nariman Road, Mumbai 400 020 from 10 am to 6 pm.

From September 29, the Box Office for the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre concerts will move to the MMMF office at B/2 1st floor, Banoo Mansions, Cumballa Hill Road, Mumbai 400 026.

Block Booking (10 tickets or more) ONLY for October 11 outdoor concert
Ten tickets or more can be purchased on September 22 and 23 from 10 am to 5 pm at Banoo Mansions.

For further details, check the MMMF website : www.mmmfindia.org

Thanks for the Info,

Purnendu

Our own Orchestra, "The Symphony Orchestra of India" is in the middle of its fifth season and what a transformation they have undergone over the past two years. It has developed a "soul" and they can now communicate. May this endevour last a lifetime and may it spread its music to the other cities too!. Meanwhile, hope and pray to manage tickets for the October fiesta. Food for the soul.

SWITCH-IT-ON schrieb:

Our own Orchestra, "The Symphony Orchestra of India" is in the middle of its fifth season and what a transformation they have undergone over the past two years. It has developed a "soul" and they can now communicate.

Interesting !!

Got my Tickets - 4 of them for 4 programmes.
Will post details soon...
Really very happy !!!


Looking forward to 7th October for the concerts to begin....

My Seat Numbers :-

07.10.08 = R 36
09.10.08 = T 22
10.10.08 = N 22
12.10.08 = M 23
Most tickets are in the 'middle'
The 'Best' seats [row 5 to 15] were taken by the 'sponsors' and hence were not on the 'block'

There also seems to be 1 'small' private evening scheduled for 'sponsors' & 'donors' @ Rs. 300/- K for 10 PAX with a 'sit down' dinner @ Taj with the IPO.
Shall post details as they get to me.
I am not to be a part of this - sad I know;;;

I am so excited;

Party begins tom @ 1900 hours.

Any forum members will be attending ?

Cannot wait to get it going.....

Hello Dear Bhagwan,

Yes, i shall be attending this monumental effort organised by the MMMF. I had a friend attend the rehearsal today and he was estatic about the pianist.

SWITCH-IT-ON schrieb:

Bhagwan, Yes, I shall be attending this monumental effort organised by the MMMF.

Yes, we shall meet;
All the Best !

p.s. Anyone else attending ?

So how was today's show?

Shahrukh schrieb:

So how was today's show?

Hi !

I do not know if I will get 'pelted' for saying this....
But, to me - this show was 'average'
There was no 'drive' in the performance.
To add to that the entire 'horn' section had gone to 'sleep' in # 9. I was most disappointed.
This along with 'Pictures' [to be played on the 12th] is some of the 'best' pieces of classical music that I love & I was very disappointed. Sorry. Do not throw stones at me for saying this....

If I may say - this played like a Nad 320 BEEE !!!

Hi,

Sad again isn't it, that we have been so spoilt by hi-fi sound.

So much accuracy, and realism, in those fabulous high-end home audio systems!

Viren

viren schrieb:

Hi, Sad again isn't it, that we have been so spoilt by hi-fi sound. So much accuracy, and realism, in those fabulous high-end home audio systems ! Viren

No No Sir !

It was not about the sound;

I was talking about the performance

What a 'let down' !!!
I cannot describe it to you;
Wish you were there to experiance it.

J. B. Hall - I know well by now.
Must have attended 35 ++ concerts there & N.C.P.A. Tata Theatre 150 +++ concerts. So it is not about the room or the hall or the audio or the acoustics.
Here, I was just commenting on the musical performance.
The IPO & ZM just did not have that 'spark' yesterday.

I went there with such high hopes - & except for the opening piece was 'nice' but the Beethoven 3rd ok & the Dvorak 9 was below par !!
[please do not stone me for saying so] !!!

Hmm not like the Mahler Titan that we heard some moons ago.
BTW Bhagwan is no slouch in hearing, so confusing live versus hifi just does not arise here.
Deaf

The performance on Thursday was good;
Big change over Tuesday.
PZ's performance was great !

Looking forward to today's
Shall report later...