United States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists; Rachel Evans, Joan Plana Nadal (Baroque violins); Richard Kold, Theorbo, Motomi Igarashi (Viola da gamba and lirone); Judith Barnes (director); Jennifer Peterson (conductor and harpsichord); The VPR Chorus; Vertical Player Repertory. Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York. 10.8.2011 (GG)
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Prom 56 – Though compelling, Mahler’s Sixth lacks the last degree of impact at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 56 – Richard Strauss, Mahler: Kirill Gerstein (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov. Royal Albert Hall, London, 26.8.2011. (JPr)
Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” at New York’s Lincoln Center
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (7): Jennifer Koh (violin), Shai Wosner (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, NY, 24-08-2011 (SSM)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Masterful Beethoven from Pollini
Austria Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 24.8.2011 (MB)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (8) – The Heath Quartet complete their refreshing approach to Beethoven
United Kingdom The Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (8) :The Heath Quartet, Greyfriars Kirk, 24.8.2011 (SRT)
Prom 55 – Fine performances compensate an unsatisfactory Rinaldo
United Kingdom Handel, Rinaldo : (Semi-staged) Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) Royal Albert Hall London 25.8.2011 (MMB)
New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Winds Down
United States Mostly Mozart (6): Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (Conductor), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 23.8.2011 (SSM)
Samantha Womack “a revelation” in slick ‘South Pacific’ revival
United Kingdom Rodgers and Hammerstein, South Pacific: (Lincoln Center Theater Production) Barbican Theatre, London, 25.8.2011 (JPr)