United States Rossini, The Barber of Seville: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, Giuseppe Finzi (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 14.11.2013 and 19.11.2013 (HS)
Month: November 2013
Continuing the Mancunian ‘Way’
United Kingdom Walton, Berlioz, Dukas, Chausson, Gray (arr. Black): Sayaka Shoji (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Yutaka Sado (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 16.11.2013 (MC)
Disappointingly Small Audience for the Virtuosi of Tomorrow
United Kingdom Mozart, Vivaldi, Weber, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Various soloists as detailed below, Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 21.11.2013 (PCG)
The Turn of the Screw
Britten, The Turn of the Screw. Soloists (prime parte) of the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. Conductor, Jonathan Webb Teatro Comunale, Bologna. 19.11.2013 (JB)
Insatiable Animation in Mozart’s “Jupiter”
United States Weiner, Schumann, Bartók, Mozart: Jonathan Biss (piano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Iván Fischer (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 21.11.2013. (DA)
Carnegie Hall Baroque Series Opens with Arcangelo
United States J. S. Bach, Johann Chistoph Bach, Handel: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Katherine Watson (soprano), Nicolay Borchev (Baritone), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor and harpsichord), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 18.11.2013 (SSM)
Harding Concert Exposes Differences between Schubert and Mahler
United Kingdom Schubert and Mahler: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) and Burkhard Fritz (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.11.2013. (JPr)
Sir Thomas Directs a Convincing Don Giovanni
United Kingdom Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus of Don Giovanni, Orchestra of Scottish Opera / SperanzaScappucci (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 19.11.2013 (SRT)
