Bach and Paganini: Martin Riseley (violin), The Old Library Art Centre, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 25.6.2011 (PSe)
Month: July 2011
The Arensky Chamber Orchestra play both versions of Verklärte Nacht
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht: Arensky Chamber Orchestra, Stephanie Gonley (director). Cadogan Hall, London. 8.7.2011 (MB)
Some unusual fare at the London Piano Series
CPE Bach, Schumann, Debussy, Dale, Bowen: Danny Driver (piano) Wigmore Hall, London. 9.7. 2011 (RBB)
Mozart from The Olympic Festival Quartet
Mozart : The Festival Quartet: Charles Weatherbee and Korine Fujiwara (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Clancy Newman (cello); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 9.7.2010 (BJ)
Aspen Music Festival 2011: Shaham’s Bartók, Beethoven from Yang and a trio from the Takács Quartet
Aspen Music Festival (3): Gil Shaham plays Bartók, Joyce Yang plays Beethoven, Takács plays Mozart, Bartók, Mendlessohn. 11.7.2011 (HS)
Some Notable Premieres at this year’s Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 : Premieres by Venables, Bray, Butler, Sierra, Berkeley, Phibbs, Kendall, Higgins, Rushton. (RJ)
Aspen Music Festival 2011: Shaham, Feltsman, Hamelin and LaBelle plus Others Who Cannot Be Named
Aspen Music Festival (2) : Gil Shaham (violin), Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Dominique LaBelle (soprano), Anonymous 4. Harris Hall, Benedict Music Tent, 5-7.7.2011 (HS)
Opera Holland Park’s La rondine is rather a mixed bag
United Kingdom Puccini, La rondine: (New production by Tom Hawkes): Soloists and Chorus of Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Conductor: Peter Selwyn. Holland Park, London, 7.7.2011. (JPr)