United Kingdom Salzburg Festival (5) – Schubert, Fierrabras: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Haus für Mozart, 16.8.2014 (MB)
Month: August 2014
Celebrating Cole Porter 50 Years On
United Kingdom Cole Porter, Anything Goes: Maria Friedman, Jenna Russell, Graham Bickley, Clive Rowe, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music Musical Theatre Company Chorus / Richard Balcombe (musical director). Cadogan Hall, London 20.8.2014. (JPr)
Facing Goya premieres in Singapore
Singapore Singapore 2014 Singapore International Festival of the Arts – Nyman, Soloists, Members of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and additional musicians, John Kennedy (conductor), Victoria Theatre, Singapore, 16.8.2014 (RP)
Beethoven 9th Triumphs Over Rain
United Kingdom Aspen Music Festival (15): Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor); Susanna Phillips (soprano), Carolyn Sproule (mezzo-soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Colorado Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe (chorus director), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor). Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, Colorado. 15-17.8.2014 (HS)
Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic Stylishly Commemorate Herbert von Karajan
Australia Salzburg Festival (4) – Schubert and Bruckner:Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 15.8.2014 (MB)
Rhythmic Vitality in Kopatchinskaja’s Bartók Performance
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (15) – Linberg, Bartók, Beethoven: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra /Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2014 (SRT)
Mostly Mozart (6): Handel’s Teseo Weak Plot, Great Music
United States Mostly Mozart (6): Handel Teseo, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 17.8.2014 (SSM)
Rhythmic Vitality in Kopatchinskaja’s Bartók Performance
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2014 (15) – Linberg, Bartók, Beethoven: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra /Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 18.8.2014 (SRT)