2017 – Page 2 – Seen and Heard International

Wonderfully Penetrating Mendelssohn and Shostakovich from the Takács Quartet

31/12/201721/12/2017 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada Mozart, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn: Takács String Quartet [Edward Dusinberre and Karoly Schranz (violins), Geraldine Walther (viola), András Fejér (cello)], Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 12.12.2017. (GN)

14_takacs©RIchardHoughton (1) — Takács String Quartet © Richard Houghton

Kavakos and Wang Prove That Opposites Attract

31/12/201721/12/2017 by Claire Seymour

United Kingdom Janáček, Schubert, Debussy, Bartók: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yuja Wang (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.12.2017. (CS)

The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu is Perfect for the Young at Heart

31/12/201720/12/2017 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu: Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 19.12.2017. (JPr)

The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu, with ballerina Désirée Ballantyne, animations by Yeast Culture, and choreography by Jenna Lee. At Milton Court Concert Hall, Guildhall School of Music & Drama as part of their Alumni Recital Series Photo by Mark Allan — *The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu* (c) Mark Allan

Butt, Dunedin Consort and Soloists Charm with Lean and Subtle Messiah

31/12/201720/12/2017 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Handel, Messiah: Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Emma Lewis (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Edward Grint (bass), Dunedin Consort / John Butt (harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 19.12.2017. (SRT)

An Eclectic Programme from the Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

22/12/201719/12/2017 by Mark Berry

Germany Takemitsu, Strauss, Prokofiev, and Bruch: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 18.12.2017. (MB)

Lackluster French Version of Der Zigeunerbaron in Geneva

22/12/201719/12/2017 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

Switzerland Strauss: Le Baron Tzigane (Der Zigeunerbaron): Soloists, Chorus of the Grand Théâtre Geneva, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Stefan Blunier (conductor), 17.12.2017. (ALL)

Joyce DiDonato and the Brentano String Quartet Remember Camille Claudel

22/12/201719/12/2017 by Jim Pritchard

United Kingdom Strauss, Lekeu, Debussy and Heggie, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with the Brentano String Quartet: Wigmore Hall, London, 18.11.2017. (JPr)

Klaus Florian Vogt Is Magnificent in the Deutsche Oper’s Lohengrin

22/12/201718/12/2017 by José Irurzun

Germany Wagner, Lohengrin: Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Axel Kober (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 17.12.2017. (JMI)

Lohengrin © B. Stöss — Deutsche Oper’s *Lohengrin* © B. Stöss

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