United States Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and Mozart: Joel Fan (piano), Northwest Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard (conductor), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 11.10.2013 (BJ)
Stan
A Mind-Expanding Mental Meal
United States Elliott Sharp: JACK Quartet, The Stone, New York City. 4.10.2013 (DS)
Schiff’s Variations: An Embarrassment of Riches
United States Bach, Beethoven: András Schiff (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances and San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 13.10.2013 (HS)
High Level Comedy in Helsinki’s New Don Pasquale
Finland Donizetti Don Pasquale. Soloists, Finnish National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Marco Boemi (conductor). Finnish National Opera, Helsinki 27.9.2013. Premiere (GF)
Hanna Rantala (Norina), Jaakko Kortekangas (Malatesta)
Lieder Recital Explores Goethe’s Lighter Side
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Beethoven, Wolf, Loewe, Zelter, Schubert: Fflur Wyn (soprano), Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 14.10.2013 (CR)
Concision and Expansiveness in Chailly’s Leipzig Concert
Germany Brahms: Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 11.10.2013 (MB)
Peter Wright’s Sleeping Beauty in great hands (and legs) with BRB
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 10.10.2013 (GR).
Leipzig Stages Wagner’s Second Opera
Germany Wagner, Das Liebesverbot: Soloists, Chorus of the Leipzig Opera (chorus master: Alessandro Zuppardo), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Matthias Foremny (conductor). Leipzig Opera House, 13.10.2013 (MB)
