Bronfman Brings Precision and Elegance to Berkeley
04/02/2019
Debussy, Schumann, Schubert: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. 1.2.2019. (HS)
Yefim Bronfman (c) Dario Acosta
Buzzing Baroque at Dartington – With Subtitles, Too
04/02/2019
Rameau, Hasse, JC Bach, Zelenka, Purcell, JS Bach: Devon Baroque, Persephone Gibbs (director, violin), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director, harpsichord), Great Hall, Dartington. 3.2.2019. (PRB)
Devon Baroque (c) Philip R Buttall
Christian Tetzlaff Shines in Sibelius with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
04/02/2019
Sibelius, Bruckner: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 2.2.2019. (AS)
Christian Tetzlaff (c) Giorgia Bertazzi
The Paris Opéra Stages an Oratorio by Alessandro Scarlatti
30/01/2019
A. Scarlatti, Il primo omicidio: Soloists, B’Rock Orchestra / René Jacobs (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 26.1.2019. (MB)
Il primo omicidio(c) Bernd Uhlig/Opéra national de Paris)
The Dream Continues – Renée Fleming’s SongStudio
30/01/2019
Various composers – SongStudio: Singers and pianists, Resnick Education Wing, Carnegie Hall, New York, 25-26.1.2019. (RP)
Renée Fleming Master Class with Enrico Lagasca (bass-baritone (c) Chris Lee
Fine Advocacy for Unjustly Neglected Works by Three Female Composers
29/01/2019
Venus and the Violin – Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Clarke, Beach, Beethoven: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Kings Place, London, 27.1.2018. (CS)
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (c) Patrick Allen
NY Philharmonic’s American Tryptic, Culminating in Julia Wolfe’s Compelling Fire in my mouth
28/01/2019
Stucky, Copland, Wolfe: Anthony McGill (clarinet), The Crossing, Young People’s Chorus of New York City, New York Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden (conductor), David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 25.1.2019. (RP)
Jaap van Zweden conductng the NY Philharmonic & The Crossing (c) Chris Lee
The Ehnes Quartet Makes an Inspired Vancouver Debut
28/01/2019
Mozart, Janáček, Schubert: Ehnes Quartet [James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz-Moretti (violins), Richard O’Neill (viola), Edward Arron (cello)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 22.1.2019. (GN)
Ehnes Quartet
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