United Kingdom Berlioz: City of London Festival, Barry Banks (tenor), London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). St Paul’s Cathedral, London, 26.6.2012 (MB)
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Exemplary Mozart Ends New York Philharmonic Subscription Season
United States Mozart: Emanuel Ax (pianist), Jennifer Zetlan (soprano), Jennifer Johnson Cano, (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Joshua Hopkins (baritone), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 20.6.2012, (SSM)
Magnificent Performance from Patricia Orr in a Mascagni Rarity
United Kingdom Mascagni, Puccini Cast, Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Manlio Benzi, Opera Holland Park, London, 22.6.2012 (CC)
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Honorary Ambassador for Leeds International Piano Competition
Aung San Suu Kyi becomes Honorary Ambassador for Leeds International Piano Competition (RJ)
Anyone for Music? Wimbledon Attracts a Different Kind of Star in November (RJ)
Preview of 2012 Wimbledon International Music Festival
Nothing Triumphant about Gluck’s Il trionfo di Clelia
United Kingdom Gluck, Il trionfo di Clelia: Soloists, City of London Sinfonia, Giuseppe Sigismondi di Risio (conductor), Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 24.6.2012 (MB)
Noseda’s Electrifying Beethoven Fifth
United Kingdom Wagner, Berg and Beethoven: Angela Denoke (soprano), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 21.6.2012. (JPr)
Hélène Grimaud Excels Against Odds in Istanbul Music Festival
Turkey Mozart, Berg, Liszt, Bartok: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Istanbul Music Festival, Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul 23.6.12 (AM)