Semyon Bychkov’s ‘Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky and his World – A Philharmonic Festival’ with the New York Philharmonic continues this month with performances of Piano Concerto No. 1 (1879 version) with Kirill Gerstein and Manfred Symphony on 2, 3, 4 and 7 February, followed by the Pathétique Symphony and Francesca da Rimini on 9, 10 and 11 February.
Before heading to Vienna next to start rehearsals for Wagner’s Parsifal
at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bychkov conducts three performances of the Manfred Symphony and Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto with Katia & Marielle Labèque on 16, 17 and 18 February with the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall.