Roland Petit’s Carmen with Le Jeune Homme et la Mort and L’Arlésienne : Dancers and orchestra of English National Ballet / Benjamin Pope. London Coliseum, London, 21.7.2011. (JPr)
Month: July 2011
South American premiere – Il viaggio a Reims in La Plata
Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Argentino. Conductor: Sergio Monterisi, Teatro Argentino, La Plata. 17.7.2011. (JSJ)
Prom 9 – Elder and the Hallé impress in a programme of 20th century classics
Sibelius, Bartok, Janáček : András Schiff (Piano), Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (Conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 21.7.2011 (RB)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (6) – Baroque, Beethoven and Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aspen Music Festival (6): Gil Shaham (violin); Baroque with Daniel Hope; Jupiter Quartet begins Beethoven odyssey; Britten, Midsummer Night’s Dream. 18-21.7.2011 (HS)
David Fray’s piano recital offers a mixed experience
Mozart and Beethoven: David Fray (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 20.7.2011 (MB)
A variable recital of Russian cello pieces from Chaushian and Sudbin
Borodin, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Rachmaninov: Alexander Chaushian (cello), Evgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 21.7.2011 (GDn)
Chamber Music by Mozart, Schumann, and Dohnányi at the Olympic Music Festival
Mozart, Schumann, and Dohnányi : The Festival Quartet: Charles Weatherbee and Korine Fujiwara (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola) and Clancy Newman (cello); Paul Hersh (piano) Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 17.7.2010 (BJ)
Prom 7 – Some distinguished Schubert playing at the first late-night Prom.
Schubert: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea-Fisher, Axel Schacher (violins), Krzysztof Chorleski (viola), Antoine Lederlin (violoncello)), Valentin Erben (violoncello). Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.7.2011 (MB)