United Kingdom Gershwin, Adams, Rachmaninov: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Frédéric Chaslin (piano, conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.1.2012 (GPu)
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Jaunty and Regal Conducting from Norrington in Zurich
Switzerland Switzerland Stravinsky, Handel: Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Zurich Tonhalle, 29.1.2012 (JR)
Banal Libretto Lets Down Harvey’s Wagner Dream
United Kingdom Jonathan Harvey, Wagner’s Dream (British premiere): Soloists, Actors, Gilbert Nouno (IRCAM computer music designer), Franck Rossi (IRCAM sound engineer), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 29.1.2012 (MB)
A Midwinter Night’s Dream from the Canton Symphony Orchestra
United States Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Emily Cornelius (violin), Daniel Boye (baritone), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 28.1.2012 (TW)
Conductor Change Yields Unexpected Pleasures in Boston
United States Copland, Tomasi, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero (Guest Conductor), Boston, 21.1.2012 (KH)
The Three Sopranos: William Christie Conducts Students from Juilliard’s Historical Performance Program
United States H. Purcell, J.P. Rameau: Katherine Whyte (soprano), Raquel Gonzalez (soprano), Lilla Heinrich Szász (soprano), Juilliard415, William Christie (conductor), Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center New York, 26.1.2012 (SSM)
Takács-Nagy and Manchester Camerata Perform a Stunning Programme of Hungarian Music
United Kingdom Bartók, Kodály and Haydn: Dame Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Janet Fulton (percussion), Noriko Ogawa (piano), Philip Smith (piano), Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Bridgwater Hall, Manchester, 28.1. 2012 (MC)
Splendid New Production of Norma by Opera North
Bellini, Norma: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Oliver von Dohnányi (conductor), Grand Theatre, Leeds, 28.1.2012 (JL)