Switzerland Bach and Fats Waller: Nigel Kennedy (violin), Rolf Bussalb (guitar), Yaron Stavi (bass), Krzysztof Dziedzic (drum) Tonhalle, Zurich 6.4.2013 (JR).
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Vienna’s Parsifal Runs Far Ahead of the Pack
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper / Adam Fischer (conductor), Vienna Staatsoper, 4.4.2013 (SRT)
Charismatic Piano Playing from Khatia Buniatishvili
Haydn, Beethoven, Sibelius: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, / Paavo Järvi (conductor), The Anvil, Basingstoke, 6.4. 2013. (NB)
A Marvellous End to George Benjamin Day at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Antonioni, Sawer, and Benjamin:Susanna Andersson (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, George Benjamin (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.4.2013 (MB)
Andras Schiff: Better at Keyboard Than Podium
United States Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann: András Schiff (piano and conductor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 3.4.2013 (SSM)
Duato’s Ballet Pays Tribute to Bach and His Music
United Kingdom Bach: Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness: Dancers and Orchestra of Mikhailovsky Ballet / Mikhail Tatarnikov (conductor), London Coliseum, London. 5.4.2013 (MMB)
Royal Ballet Conjures Up the Mysterious Orient
United Kingdom Minkus (orch. Lanchbery) , La Bayadère: Dancers and Orchestra of the Royal Ballet / Valeriy Ovsyanikov (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 5.4.2013. (JOD)
A Truly Memorable Evening with Karita Mattila
United Kingdom Poulenc, Debussy, Duparc, Sallinen and Marx:, Karita Mattila (soprano), Ville Matvejeff (piano):Wigmore Hall, London 4.4.2013. (JPr)