United States Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus and Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York. 29.3.2018. (RP)
Back for a Second Night: the Bayerische Staatsoper in a Joyous Der Rosenkavalier
Month: March 2018
Evgeny Kissin Excels in Beethoven and Rachmaninov
United Kingdom Beethoven and Rachmaninov: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London, 29.3.2018. (AS)
Kirill Petrenko and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester Triumph in Carnegie Hall Debut
United States Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.3.2018. (RP)
Welsh Contemporary Evening Features Two World Premieres
United Kingdom Hoddinott, Mark David Boden, Sarah Lianne Lewis, Michael Berkeley, Guto Puw: Robert Plane (clarinet), BBC National Orchesta of Wales / Jac van Steen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 28.3.2018. (PCG)
ENB’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake is Exceptional for the Young and Young At Heart
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, English National Ballet’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake: Louise Calf (narrator), Dancers of the English National Ballet School, Peacock Theatre, London. 29.3.2018. (JPr)
Adventures in Understanding Music
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Mozart, Bach: Whitgift Chamber Choir, Whitgift Chamber Orchestra, Whitgift Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cadogan Hall, London. 28.3.2018. (JB)
Gloucester Choral Society’s Hubert Parry’s Centenary Celebrations in May 2018
Parry and His Pupils: A Centenary Celebration in Gloucester
A number of centenaries will be marked in 2018, not least the commemoration of the end of World War I. One important musical anniversary will be the centenary of the death of Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918).
A Barenboim Protege Makes a Dazzling Debut
United States Lindberg, Stravinsky, Prokofiev: David Bilger (trumpet), Philadelphia Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.3.2018. (BJ)