Prokofiev, Schumann, Beethoven: Philip Higham (cello), Sinfonia Cymru / Gareth Jones (conductor), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Dramal, Cardiff, 16.7.2011 (GPu)
Stan
‘Sleepless’ promenade opera at Cardiff Coal Exchange
Deazley, The Sleeper: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Youth Opera, The Coal Exchange, Cardiff, 15.7.2011 (GPu)
Aspen Music Festival 2011: Takács Quartet, Finckel and Han, Emerson Quartet and Simone Dinnerstein
Aspen Music Festival (4): Takács Quartet, David Finckel and Wu Han, Emerson Quartet, Simone Dinnerstein. 15.7.2011 (HS)
Mysterious Six Hours: Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise in Madrid
O. Messiaen, Saint François d’Assise: Soloists, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Freiburg. Coro Intermezzo, Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor). Madrid Arena, 11.7.2011 (JMI)
The Emerson Quartet plays Haydn, Bartók and Schubert with exactly the right quantity of polish.
Haydn, Bartók, Schubert: The Emerson String Quartet – Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer (violins), Lawrence Dutton (viola), David Finckel (cello) – Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI, 7.7.2011 (DBG)
Stimulating start for Welsh orchestra’s Principal Conductor-Designate
Sibelius, Prokofiev, Dvorak: Baiba Skride (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (conductor), BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 12. 7. 2011 (GPu)
Pontino Festival 2011 (3) – The moment it sounds boring it’s wrong
Elissò Virsaladze’s 2011 Masterclass – Pontino Festival (3) (JB)
Pontino Festival 2011 (2) – An Enquiry into Musical Energy
Pontino Festival 2011 (2) Beethoven and Schumann: Natalia Gutman (cello) and Eilissò Virsaladze (piano) Caetani Castle courtyard, Sermoneta, 11. 7. 2011, with Davide Alogna, Cesare Zanfini, Mirei Yamada, Raffaele Fuccilli (violins), Diana
Bonatesta (viola) (JB)