United Kingdom Shanghai Ballet to make UK Debut
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Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siecle Returns to the London Coliseum in July
United Kingdom Following a triumphant Coliseum Diaghilev Festival debut in 2011 and four successful seasons in Paris at the Theatre des Champs Elysees
Baroque on the High Seas: A Memorable Voyage.
United Kingdom Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin/director). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 18.5.2013 (CC)
Everything Great—and Everything Perplexing—from Rattle
United States Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Beethoven: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17.5.2013 (DA)
Banjo in Bluegrass, Jazz and Bach—and the National Anthem
United States Béla Fleck (banjo), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 16.5.2013 (HS)
Luisotti and an Italian Showman in a Nino Rota Rarity
United States Puccini, Rota, Brahms: Giuseppe Albanese (piano), San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Cal Performances (co-presenter), Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 17.5.2013 (HS)
Civilized Mozart and Hair-Raising Shostakovich from Gerard Schwarz
United States “Russian Spectacular”: Vladimir Feltsman (piano), Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano, Julian Schwarz (cello), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 9-17.5.2013 (BJ)
Anglo-European Harmony in Chipping Campden
United Kingdom Haydn, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Mozart: Ruth Rogers (violin), Mark Padmore (tenor), Paul Gardham (horn), Chipping Campden Festival Academy Orchestra, Thomas Hull (conductor), St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 14.5.2013. (RJ)