Sweden Verdi, Attila : Soloists, GöteborgsOperan’s Chorus and Orchestra, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), GöteborgsOperan main stage, Gothenburg, Sweden, 21.8.2011 (NS)
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Shostakovich Shines Again at a Sunny Olympic Music Festival
United States Debussy, Ravel, Shostakovich, and Schoenfield: Emily Deans (viola and violin), Jessica Lee (violin), Alan Iglitzin (viola), David Requiro (cello), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 21.8.2010 (BJ)
At Lincoln Center Festival, Danes Excel in Nielsen and Stravinsky
United States Lincoln Center Festival: Nielsen, Stravinsky, Svendsen : John Kruse (clarinet) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano), Peter Lodahl (tenor), Jochen Kupfer (bass), Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 28-30.7.2011 (BH)
Bard Summerscape Festival 2011 – Sibelius and his World
United States Sibelius, Raitio, Nielsen, Barber, Vaughan Williams: American Symphony Orchestra, Yulia Doren (soprano), Tyler Duncan (baritone), Leon Botstein (conductor), Sosnoff Theater, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 20-21.8.2011 (GG)
Exciting Brahms in New York from Ursula Oppens and the Cassatt Quartet
United States Barber, Beethoven, Brahms: Cassatt String Quartet, Ursula Oppens (piano), Bargemusic, Brooklyn, 3.8.2011 (GG)
An abstract Pelléas et Mélisande in Buenos Aires
Argentina Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Emmanuell Villaume, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 17.8.2011. (JSJ)
An excellent Verdi Requiem at Chicago’s Grant Park Festival
United States Verdi, Requiem: Grant Park Orchestra, William G. Spaulding (Guest Chorus Director), Amber Wagner (soprano), Michaela Martens (mezzo soprano), Michael Fabiano (tenor), Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone), Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, 20.8.2011 (JLZ)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (5) – Llŷr Williams’ invigorating and awe-inpiring “Waldstein”
United Kingdom Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (5) : Llŷr Williams (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, 22.8.2011 (SRT)