United States Widmann, Beethoven, Sibelius: Sergey Khachatryan (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.1.2020. (HS)
Slobodeniouk serves Beethoven two ways in San Francisco
Month: January 2020
Topnotch artists deliver a glittering Candide in Stockholm
Sweden Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Stockholm Opera / Stefan Klingele (conductor). Royal Stockholm Opera, 25.1.2020. (GF)
The joys of ‘(re)-creation’ guide Vancouver’s 2020 New Music Festival
Canada 2020 VSO New Music Festival [1] (GN)
Memorable Beethoven as Jonathan Biss continues his sonata cycle at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven – Sonata Cycle III: Jonathan Biss (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 27.1.2020. (CC)
Daniel Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic treat Salzburg to a Mozart concert of near-perfection
Austria Salzburg Mozartwoche [2] – Mozart: Radek Baborák (horn), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (piano, conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.1.2020. (MB)
In Los Angeles, a Beethoven rarity from Camerata Pacifica
United States Beethoven, Nielsen, Dvořák: Camerata Pacifica (Jasmine Choi [flute], Nicholas Daniel and Claire Brazeau [oboe], Jose Franch-Ballester and Pascal Archer [clarinet], Judith Farmer and William Short [bassoon], William Wood [contrabassoon], Martin Owen, Steven Becknell and Amy Sanchez [French horn], Ani Aznavoorian [cello], Timothy Eckert [bass]), Zipper Concert Hall, The Colburn School, Los Angeles. 16.1.2020. (LV)
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists play Mozart in Salzburg with distinction and affection
Salzburg Mozartwoche [1] – Mozart: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists. Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 25.1.2020. (MB) Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major for two oboes, two horns, and two bassoons, KV 270; Divertimento in D major for two violins, viola, double bass, oboe, and two horns, ‘Nannerl Septet’, KV 251; Divertimento in E-flat major for … Read more
The Death of Orpheus comes to life in East Hollywood
United States Landi, The Death of Orpheus (La morte d’Orfeo): Soloists, Guest musicians and members of the LA Opera Orchestra / Stephen Stubbs (conductor). Los Angeles Opera, El Cid, Los Angeles, 18.1.2020. (DD)