United States Zoll, Hindemith, Brahms: Joshua Bell (violin), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 29.5.14 (DA)
Backwards to Brahms in Time and Space
Month: May 2014
Full Throttle in First, Sensitivity in Second Movement of Mahler’s Eighth
United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No. 8: Erin Wall, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Sarah Tynan (sopranos); Caitlin Hulcup, Susan Platts (mezzos); Simon O’Neill (tenor); Nathan Berg (baritone); Jonathan Lemalu (bass); RSNO Chorus & Junior Chorus; Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.5.2014 (SRT)
The Endellion Quartet Marking 35 Years of Fine Music-Making
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert: The Endellion String Quartet [Andrew Watkinson & Ralph da Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 28.5.2014 (CS)
Domingo Captures the Torments of Athanaël in a Sumptuous Thaïs
United States Massenet: Thaïs, LA Opera, Patrick Fournillier (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 17.5.14-7.6.14 (JRo)
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Rich Operatic Variety at Buxton Festival in 2014: Preview
United Kingdom Rich Operatic Variety at Buxton Festival in 2014: Preview
Humour and Tragedy in Iriguchi Triple Bill
United Kingdom Various Composers, One Man Show, Projector/Conjector, GRAFT: Mamoru Iriguchi/The Place, The Place, London, 28.5.2014 (J.O’D)
In Russian Program, Hvorostovsky Excels at Shostakovich
United States Glinka, Borodin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and others: Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bass baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2014 (HS)
Sparks from Wang and Tilson Thomas in Prokofiev and Debussy
United States Fauré, Schubert, Dvořák, Grieg, Prokofiev, Litolff, Debussy: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2014 (HS)