United Kingdom Couperin, Quantz, Benda, Duphly, Rameau, and Philidor: Adam Walker (flute), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, London, 24.6.2016. (MB)
Month: June 2016
Three Spires Singers and Orchestra Bring New Sense of Meaning to Brahms’ Requiem
United Kingdom Brahms: Naomi Johnston (soprano), Christopher Dollins (baritone),Three Spires Singers and Orchestra, Christopher Gray (conductor), Truro Cathedral, 25.6.2016. (PRB)
Garsington Opera Presents as Musically Compelling and Dramatic Version of Idomeneo
United Kingdom Mozart, Idomeneo: Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 27.6.2016. (CR)
Zubin Mehta Conducts Elegiac, Sensual Der Rosenkavalier at La Scala
Italy Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, Treble Voices: Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Teatro alla Scala, Milan. 24.6.2016. (RP)
Stephen Milling ’s King Philip II Towers over Opéra national du Rhin’s Don Carlo
France Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Chœurs de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse, Daniele Callegari (conductor), Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg. 23.6.2016. (RP)
Graham Johnson Presides Over an Enterprising ‘Songfire’
Canada Schubert: Martha Guth (soprano), Tyler Duncan (baritone), Graham Johnson and Erika Switzer (piano), Roy Barnett Recital Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 24.6.2016. (GN)
Rattle Premieres Maxwell Davies’ Last Work Alongside Large-Scale Berlioz
United Kingdom Davies and Berlioz: Soloists, LSO Discovery Choirs (chorus masters: David Lawrence and Lucy Griffiths), London Symphony Chorus (chorus masters: Simon Halsey and Neil Ferris), Guildhall School Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 26.6.2016. (MB)
A Widmann Premiere, Inspired by Mahler’s Fifth
United States C.P.E. Bach, Widmann, Brahms: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.6.2016. (HS)