United States Guitar Duo Extravaganza: Newman & Oltman (Guitar Duo), Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio (Duo Guitarists), Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Larry Del Casale (Duo Guitarists). Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes College of Music. 10.7.2013 (KC)
Month: July 2013
Harbison’s Glowing Tribute to Fitzgerald’s “Gatsby”
United States John Harbison, The Great Gatsby: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music, Tanglewood Festival, Lenox, Massachusetts. 11.7.2013 (CA)
A Master of the Classical Guitar in His Prime
United States Mangore, Scarlatti, Bach, Rochberg, Ponce, Albéniz, Halffter: Eliot Fisk (guitar), Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes School of Music, New York City. 11.7.2013 (KC)
Aspen’s ‘Candide’ Hits the Mark
United States Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of Aspen Opera Theater Center, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 11.7.2013 (HS)
More New Music at Cheltenham Festival
United Kingdom Marton Illés, Rajzok IV for string quintet: Signum Quartet [Kerstin Dill (violin), Annette Walther (violin), Xandi van Dijk (viola), Thomas Schmitz (cello)], Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013. (RJ)
Charlie Barber, Michelangelo – Drawing Blood: Sound Affairs, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013 (RJ)
Michael Zev Gordon, The Gleam of Hidden Skies, Toby Spence (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 14.7.2013 (RJ)
PROM 5: Bambergers Excel in Lachenmann and Mahler at The Proms
United Kingdom Prom 5: Lachenmann and Mahler:Arditti Quartet, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.7.2013 (MB)
Starry Celebrations at Vattnäs
Sweden Sångfest (Song Festival): Singers and pianists. Vattnäs Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 11.7. & 13.7.2013 (GF)
Russio-Bavarian Peace Orchestra Muddles Mahler
Germany Mahler: Valery Gergiev (conductor), Members of the Munich Philharmonic & Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 30.6.2013 (JFL)