Sweden Wagner, Die Walküre: Soloists of Gothenburg Opera, dancers, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra / Evan Rogister (conductor), Gothenburg, 1.12.2019. (NS)
Langridge’s gripping and moving Die Walküre in Gothenburg
Year: 2019
Christian Spuck’s danse macabre: a choreographed rendering of Verdi’s Requiem is revived in Zurich
Switzerland Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Soloists, Ballett Zürich, Chorus and Supplementary Chorus of the Opernhaus Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich / Karina Canellakis (conductor), Opernhaus Zürich, Zurich, 22.11 and 7.12.2019. (CCr)
Improvisation from Chernyavsky, Kadarauch, and members of the San Francisco Symphony
United States Soundbox, Principia: David Chernyavsky (curator and violin), Katie Kadarauch (curator and viola), Scott Pingel (curator and bass), members of San Francisco Symphony / Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductor), Soundbox at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 6.12.2019. (HS)
A bouquet of Britten folk songs from the Brooklyn Art Song Society
United States Britten: Kristina Bachrach (soprano), Andrew Fuchs (tenor), Michael Brofman (piano), Brooklyn Art Song Society, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, 7.12.2019. (RP)
Inspired programming and playing from Manze and Marwood at the Royal Festival Hall
United Kingdom Purcell, Adès, Lawes, Vaughan Williams: Anthony Marwood (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.12.2019. (CS)
The Fugue was Mozart’s and the gallantry Bach’s: the wonderful Berliner Barock Solisten in Zurich
Switzerland C.P.E. Bach, Mozart: Julia Fischer (violin), Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), Berliner Barock Solisten / Willi Zimmermann (concert master and first violinist). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 4.12.2019. (CCr)
Two Weilersteins bring challenging Britten and searing Shostakovich to the Tonhalle Zurich
Switzerland Britten, Shostakovich: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Joshua Weilerstein (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 6.12.2019. (JR)
Rick Wakeman’s Grumpy 2019 Tour offers Christmas Portraits from a national treasure
United Kingdom Rick Wakeman – The Grumpy Old Christmas Show: Cadogan Hall, London, 6.12.2019. (JPr)
