Italy Chopin: Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome 4.11.2011 (JB)
Month: November 2011
Canton Symphony Offers a Poignant, Curious War Remembrance
United States Verdi, Copland, Glass, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn: James Westwater (Photochoreographer),Christopher Craft (Narrator),Canton Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Brown (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio. 11.6.2011 (TW)
An Outstanding Wigmore Hall Recital by David Malusa
United Kingdom Bach, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Ravel, George Benjamin, Liszt. David Malusa (piano) Wigmore Hall, London. 6.11. 2011 (RB)
Schumann and Bruckner Finely Played
United States Schumann and Bruckner: Isabelle Faust (violin), Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.11.2011 (BJ)
Masterful Urbànski Proves his Mettle with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
[flag code=”gb” size=”24″ text=”yes”] Grieg, Dvořák, Smetana: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Krzysztof Urbánski (conductor), Alina Pogostkina (violin), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 4.11.2011.
A Happy Marriage for Figaro
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Portland Opera, soloists, Ari Pelto (conductor), Stephen Lawless (director) Benoît Dugardyn (sets), Johann Stegmeir (costumes), Pat Collins (lighting designer), Robert Ainsley (harpsichordist/chorus master), Nicola Bowie (choreographer/associate director), Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 6/11/2011 (BJ)
Expressive and Vital Playing from Guzzo and Manchester Camerata
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Schubert arr. Mahler: Manchester Camerata / Giovanni Guzzo (director/leader), Westmorland Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, 05.11.2011 (MC)
Jay Hunter Morris Saves the Day as the Almost-Perfect New Siegfried at the Met
United States Met Live in HD 2011/12, Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Produced by Robert Lepage. Directed for TV by Gary Halvorson and broadcast to the IMAX, Waterloo, London (and other cinemas throughout the world), 5.11.11. (JPr)