2007 in classical music

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.
• February – A lightning strike severely damages the ageing organ at Llandaff Cathedral, which has to be replaced.
• 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.
• April 29 – The first precollege music conservatory for the Arab-speaking population of Israel opens in Shfaram.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

New works

The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

A

• Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto

• Lera Auerbach – Symphony No. 1 "Chimera"

B

C

D

• Michael Daugherty – Deus ex Machina

E

F

• Lorenzo Ferrero – Fantasy Suite, for flute, violoncello and piano

G

• Sofia Gubaidulina
• Ravvedimento, for cello and four guitars
• In Tempus Praesens, concert for violin and orchestra

H

• Nigel Hess – Piano Concerto

I

J

K

• Wojciech Kilar – Symphony No. 5 Advent Symphony, for choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble

L

• Claude Ledoux – Canto a due for B clarinet and cello

M

N

O

P

• Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing, for counter tenor/high tenor and trombone quartet

• Brice Pauset – Vier variationen, for flute, percussion, piano and string trio

Q

R

S

• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klang
• Balance, for flute, English horn, and bass clarinet
• ' (Bliss), for oboe, English horn, and bassoon
• ' (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

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Opera premieres

• Alice in Wonderland (Unsuk Chin, David Henry Hwang; June 30)
• Appomattox (Philip Glass, Christopher Hampton; October 5)
• Frau Margot (Thomas Pasatieri, Frank Corsaro; June 2)
• ' (Chen Shi-Zheng, Damon Albarn; 28 June)

Ballet

• Lorenzo Ferrero – Franca Florio, regina di Palermo

Albums

• Haydn Piano Sonatas – Fazıl Say
• ' – Peter Schickele

Musical films

• War/Dance
• Water Flowing Together

Deaths

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

Major awards

Classical Brits

Source:

• 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

See also

• 2007 in music

References