New Adès and Old Mahler
19/01/2012
Adès and Mahler: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 7.1.2012 (BH) Read more
Maureen O’Flynn at Feinstein’s in NYC
19/01/2012
Maureen O’Flynn, “At the Crossroads”: Maureen O’Flynn (soprano), Feinstein’s, New York City. 10.1.2012 (BH) Read more
Rare Oratorios from the Seventeenth Century
19/01/2012
Carissimi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Stephen Stubbs (music director), Guillaume Bernardi (stage director), Christine Meyers (costume designer), Reed Nakayama (lighting designer), Josh Rietveldt (stage manager), solo singers and instrumentalists, St James Cathedral, Seattle, 13.1.2012 (BJ) Read more
The Industrious Brandenburg State Play Schnyder, Mendelssohn and Bruckner’s 4th in Switzerland
18/01/2012
Switzerland Schnyder, Mendelssohn, Bruckner: Brandenburg State Orchestra, Frankfurt/Oder, Howard Griffiths (conductor), Julian Rachlin (violin), Daniel Schnyder (saxophone), Tonhalle Zurich, 17.1.2011 (JR)
Marcelo Lehninger Replaces James Levine Conducting the BSO With Excellent Assurance
18/01/2012
Haydn, Turnage & R. Strauss: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Marcelo Lehninger (BSO Assistant Conductor), Symphony Hall, Boston. 7.1.2012 (KH) Read more
Shakespeare Forms the Spine of a Chicago Symphony Orchestra Program
18/01/2012
Delius, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky: Greg Vinkler, Jürgen Hooper (actors), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, IL. 14.1.2012 (JLZ) Read more
Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham Favors the Risqué
18/01/2012
Susan Graham in Recital: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 14.1.2012 (HS) Read more
In San Francisco, Finding the celestial In Debussy’s “Martyrdom of Saint Sébastian”
17/01/2012
Debussy, Janáček: Karina Gauvin (soprano), Joanna Taber (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Leah Wool (mezzo-soprano), Frederica von Stade (narrator), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 13.1.2012 (HS) Read more
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