United Kingdom Debussy, Bartók: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Sir John Tomlinson (bass), Juliet Stevenson (narrator), Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 3.11.2011. (JPr)
Jim Pritchard
Pieces of the Eighth as Maazel Ends His 2011 London Mahler Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler: Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Sally Matthews (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone) and Stephen Gadd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus,BBC Symphony Chorus, Boys of the Eton College Chapel Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 9.10.2011. (JPr)
ENO revives Jonathan Miller’s production of The Elixir of Love
United Kingdom Donizetti, The Elixir of Love: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conducted by Rory Macdonald. London Coliseum,London, 15.9.2011. (JPr)
Prom 73: Berlioz’ version of Der Freischütz doesn’t quite hit the bullseye
United Kingdom Prom 73: Weber, Der Freischütz: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.9.11. (JPr)
Prom 74: The Last Night of the Proms 2011, a rather forgettable occasion
United Kingdom Prom 74 – Last Night Of The Proms 2011: music by Maxwell Davies, Bartók, Wagner, Liszt, Chopin, Britten, Rodgers, Elgar, Arne, and Parry plus arrangements of traditional items: Lang Lang (piano), Susan Bullock (soprano), Jenny Agutter (narrator), The Fanfare Trumpeters of the Household Division, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner. Royal Albert Hall,London, 10.9.11. (JPr)
Bayreuth Festival 2011 [3] – Memories of the Third Reich haunt Herheim’s Parsifal
Germany Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 21.8.2011. (JPr)
Bayreuth Festival 2011 (1) – A Tannhäuser better than many people think
Germany Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 19.8.2011. (JPr)
Longborough Festival Opera 2011 – Wagner’s Siegfried
United Kingdom Longborough Festival Opera 2011 – Wagner, Siegfried: (New production) Soloists, Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Negus, 28.7.2011. (JPr)