Austria Beethoven, Schoenberg, Haydn, Berg: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 17.11.2015. (MB)
Mark Berry
Intriguing Music by Two Female Composers at Wien Modern
Austria Wien Modern (5) – Mundry, Andre, and SaundWien Modern (5) – Mundry, Andre, and Sauers: Nicolas Hodges (piano), Carolin Widmann (violin), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 19.11.2015 (MB)
Freyer’s Bewildering Don Giovanni Pulls Together Brilliantly in Vienna
Austria Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Holder Kristen) and Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper, Jac van Steen (conductor), Volksoper, Vienna, 14.11.2015. (MB)
Erik Nielsen and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra Make a Fine Contribution to Wien Modern
Austria Wien Modern (4) – Gruber and Staud: Colin Currie (percussion), Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Erik Nielsen (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 15.11.2015. (MB)
Barenboim Offers No Easy Answers – or Easy Questions in Mahler’s Ninth
Mahler: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 15.11.2015 (MB)
Nina Stemme Leads Strong Cast in Vienna Opera’s Elektra
Austria Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Peter Schneider (conductor). State Opera, Vienna, 13.11.2015. (MB)
(c) Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn.
A Typically Stimulating Exploration of Contemporary Repertoire by the Arditti Quartet
Austria Wien Modern (3) – Zorn, Lim, Tonia, Parades, Kessler: Arditti Quartet [Irvine Arditti and Ashot Sarkissjan (violins), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello)]. Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 12.11.2015 (MB)
Sciarrino’s Carnaval: A renaissance of the Renaissance?
Austria Wien Modern (2) – Sciarrino: Joonas Ahonen (piano), Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Klangforum Wien/Tito Ceccherini (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6.11.2015. (MB)