Canada Mozart, Schumann, and Scriabin: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC, 16.11.2014. (GN)
Month: November 2014
Tackling a Supreme Pianistic Challenge
United States Beethoven: Beth Levin (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 19.11.2014 (BJ)
Mature Mastery from a Young Czech Conductor
United States Janáček, Beethoven, Dvořák: André Watts (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.11.2014 (BJ)
Runnicles’ Celebratory 60th Birthday Concert Is Tempered with Sad News
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven: Laura Samuel (violin), Scott Dickinson (viola), Angela Meade (soprano), Elizabeth Bishop (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Marko Mimica (bass-bar), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 16.11.2014 (SRT)
Rambert’s Triptych Takes Exploration as its Theme
United Kingdom Turnage, Stravinsky, Bach, Frances-Hoad, Prokofiev, Triptych: Rambert, Rambert Orchestra conducted by Paul Hoskins), Sadler’s Wells, London, 19.11.2014 (J.O’D)
Derivative Eclecticism and Unremarkable Vocal Writing in Eichberg’s Glare
United Kingdom Søren Nils Eichberg, Glare: Soloists, CHROMA, Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 18.11.2014 (MB)
Denk Interweaves Schubert and Janáček in Stimulating Recital
United States Haydn, Janáček, Schubert, Mozart, Schumann: Jeremy Denk (piano), 92nd Street Y, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York, 15.11.2014 (SSM)
A Compelling and Moving Fidelio Completes Karlstad’s Trilogy
Sweden Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Soloists, chorus, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Per-Otto Johansson (conductor), Wermland Opera main stage, Karlstad, 9.11.2014 (NS)