United Kingdom Copland: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.6.2017. (RBa)
Month: June 2017
Yuja Wang Conquers the Piano World and Beyond in a Monumental Bartók Program
United States Stravinsky, Bartók, Janáček: Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon (director), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. (DLD)
Anthony Negus and Carmen Jakobi’s Tristan und Isolde at Longborough Excels Musically and Scenically
United Kingdom Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Anthony Negus (conductor), Longborough, 12.6.2017. (JPr)
A Triumphant Beethoven Quartet Cycle in Montréal
Canada Beethoven: Dover String Quartet (Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins; Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, viola; and Camden Shaw, cello), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 11.6.2017. (LV)
Rousing Rite of Spring from Mälkki and the San Francisco Symphony
United States Stravinsky, Beethoven: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 10.6.2017. (HS)
Lovely European Premiere of Schnyder’s Yardbird at the English National Opera
United Kingdom Schnyder, Yardbird: Soloists, Members of the Orchestra of English National Opera / Clark Rundell. Hackney Empire, London, 9.6.2017. (CC)
ETO’s Tosca Draws you into a Stifling Environment of Unease and Fear
United Kingdom Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Ensemble and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Michael Rosewell (conductor). Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire. 10.6.2017. (MC)
An Outstanding, Powerful Jenůfa at Grange Park Opera
United Kingdom Janáček, Jenůfa: Soloists and Chorus of Grange Park Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra / William Lacey (conductor), Grange Park Opera, West Horsley Place, Epsom Road, West Horsley, 11.6.2017. (VV)
