November concerts

David Afkham starts the month in Hamburg, where on November 8 he leads the Symphoniker Hamburg in Unsuk Chin’s subito con forza, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Lukáš Vondráček, and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.

He returns to the US for two performances on November 14 and 15, where he leads the St. Louis Symphony in Mendelssohn’s Psalm 114, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8.

On November 26, he leads the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland in Utrecht, in a “Pop meets classical” event, in which they will perform Manuel de Falla’s Noches en los jardines de España with pianist Thomas Beijer. On November 27 the will expand the program with Joaquín Turina’s Danzas Fantasticas and Jan-Peter de Graaff’s Le café de nuit, as well as de Falla’s Suites No. 1 and 2 of El sombrero de tres picos. On November 29, they perform in Amsterdam, with a program including the Turina, and de Falla’s Noches en los jardines de España and the Suite No. 2 of El sombrero de tres picos.