The News Letter of Adam Fischer & Haydn Orchestra Fan Club
'Barátom' means 'My Friend' in Hungarian
February 1, 2006 - No. 50
 | 10th anniversary of Fan Club Home Page |
| 5th Mozart week in Mannheim |
| “Otello” at the Berlin State Opera |
| Adam Fischer’s activities in Vienna |
| Concert Halls of the World – The State Opera, Berlin, Germany |
| Haydntage 2006 program is announced |
| Who's who in the Haydn Orchestra – Stephan Natschläger (Oboe) |
| Performance Schedule -February 2006, March 2006 and April 2006 |
| Editorial Note – No. 50 of Barátom |
10th anniversary of Fan Club Home Page
In 1996 the Internet was not yet popular and few people knew the
technology. But 10 years later, everybody has a home page and the Internet is
one of important media of information. On February 1st we celebrate the 10th
anniversary of our home page. At the same time, this fan club newsletter reaches
its 50th edition.
When we started, there were very few internet sites and hardly any sites related
to classical music. Our home page is older than most of sites of orchestras or
opera companies, such as the Vienna Philharmonic or the Metropolitan Opera.
During these 10 years, more than 150,000 people have visited our site. Currently
we have about 5000 hits each month, mainly from the USA and Japan, followed by
European countries. Sometimes we are visited from countries like South Africa or
Brazil, where Adam Fischer has never appeared.
The most frequently accessed page is “Concert Halls of the world”. We have
introduced more than 30 concert halls in the USA, Europe and Japan. This
information is one of the most important collections of famous concert halls on
the Internet.
On the occasion of our anniversary, we have added a new photo album page of Adam Fischer and the Haydn Orchestra. There are many interesting pictures that we took over the last 10 years. Please visit our site at http://www.haydnphil.org.
Since our server is planning an upgrade in the near future, some features may be disabled temporally. But we will ensure it is fully functional as soon as possible. And of course we will regularly add interesting information.
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Adam Fischer’s activities in Vienna
The Vienna Symphony’s Sylvester concert is one of the important concerts in Vienna during the holiday season. Every year the orchestra invites world famous guest performers to play Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Adam Fischer appeared the podium on New Year’s Eve 2005. Ricarda, Merbeth, Lioba Braun, Robert Dean Smith and Alfred Muff sang the solo parts.
Before New Year, Adam conducted the Symphoniker at the Musikverein. The concert started with Haydn Symphony No. 93, Honegger’s “Une Cantate de noel” with choir piled up the atmosphere of the festivity. After the intermission, the orchestra played the dramatic Brahms symphony No. 1.
After the New Year, Adam appeared at the Vienna State Opera and conducted the
Ring cycle. This was the cycle of current production by Adolf Dresen. Many world
class Wagner singers joined the performance, including Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde),
Christian Franz (Siegmund and Siegfried), and Alan Titus (Der Wanderer). Ildikó
Raimondi made a role debut as Gutrune in “Götterdämmerung”.
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Haydntage 2006 program is announced
The Haydnfestspiele has just announced the program of Internationale Haydntage 2006. The theme of this year is “Haydn and Händel” and it starts on 7th September and ends 17th. The Haydn Orchestra is scheduled to appear 3 programs.
The opening concert is Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” performed by Adam
Fischer, the Haydn Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber Choir. The same program is
repeated on the next day. On the 13th Adam and the orchestra will play Händel’s
“Messiah” arranged by Mozart. The choir is the Vienna Singverein.
As usual, there are two performances of the final matinee. The program is
Händel's “Entrance of the queen of Sheba”, Haydn’s symphony No. 85 “La Reine”and
No. 102.
Other programs includes the Handel & Haydn society Boston, (9th), Prague Chamber
Orchestra’s “Trumpet marathon” (10th ), an Ian Bostidge Gala (11th), Ton
Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque (14th) and “Maria Theresia mass” by Trevor
Pinnock and the Haydn Akademie.
Ticket will on sale 6th March by
Haydnfestspiele, Habsburg Heritage
organizes the tour for English speaking guests with the music introduced by
critic and broadcaster Richard Wigmore.
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Editorial Note – No. 50 of Barátom
T It was in 1993 that Adam Fischer told me the story of Deszö Ranki fan club in
Japan. Nobody knows what kind of organization, but Hungarian musicians were very
jealous because of its existence. So I promised to him I would set up his fan
club. The first newsletter was published in December. Since then it has been 50
issues.
The website started in 1996. Those days the internet was called “World wide
web”. It was used by only PC freaks or computer researchers. I didn’t imagine
that internet becomes one of the important news media like TV or radio.
Nowadays there are several sites about Adam or the Haydn Orchestra, but our fan clubs principle remains. We want to be a bridge between fans and the artists. Today we celebrate one milestone, and start one step towards the next.
The next Barátom No. 51 is scheduled for the middle of May. In this issue, we
plan to report the Mozart 250th birthday Mozart week in Salzburg, as well as
Adam’s first “Der fliegende Hollander” at the Bavarian State Opera.
Sayuri Oshima (President of Adam Fischer & Haydn Orchestra Fan
Club).
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