Germany Elgar and Mussorgsky: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Staatskapelle Berlin, Lahav Shani / (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 13.1.2020. (MB)
Lahav Shani impresses with the Staatskapelle Berlin
Month: January 2020
An impressive Barbican debut by the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Shor, Ter-Tatevosian, Bruch, Ravel: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Armenian State Symphony Orchestra / Sergey Smbatyan (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 14.1.2020. (CC)
& Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) (c) ASSO
A thrillingly ambitious recital by Igor Levit in Berlin
Germany Muffat, Rzewski, Kerll, and Busoni: Igor Levit (piano), Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 11.1.2020. (MB)
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s penetrating revival of Beat Furrer’s Violetter Schnee
Germany Beat Furrer, Violetter Schnee: Soloists, Vocalconsort Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin / Matthias Pintscher (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 10.1.2020. (MB)
Extraordinary mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker in recital for Carnegie Hall Citywide
United States Various composers: Kayleigh Decker (mezzo-soprano), Madeline Slettedahl (piano). Carnegie Hall Citywide, St. Michael’s Church, New York, 11.1.2020. (RP)
(c) Simon Pauly
A diabolical double bill of Rachmaninoff at Prague’s Opera 2020 Festival
Czech Republic Rachmaninoff, Francesca da Rimini & The Miserly Knight: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the F. X. Šalda Theater Liberec / Martin Doubravský (conductor), F. X. Šalda Theater guest performance, Národní Divadlo Prague, 5.1.2020. (SS)
BBC Phil’s music of Vaughan Williams at Salford Quays: thirty years apart
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 14.1.2020. (RBa)
William Kentridge’s Met Wozzeck pits Berg’s timeless characters against a backdrop of the First World War
United States Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 11.1.2020. (JPr)
(c) Ken Howard/Met Opera