United Kingdom Debussy, Ravel, Chopin – Hao Zi Yoh (piano): Recital livestreamed from St Mary’s Perivale, Ealing, London, 8.3.2021. (JB)
The wit and wisdom of Hao Zi Yoh’s pianism for Music at St Mary’s Perivale
Broadcasts and Film
Multi-faceted saxophonist Steven Banks in recital for Young Concert Artists
United States Young Concert Artists’s ‘Come As You Are’: Steven Banks (saxophone), Xak Bjerken (piano), Zorá Quartet. Streamed from Merkin Hall, New York, on the YCA’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, 10.3.2021. (RP)
From Munich via San Francisco Julia Bullock finds revelatory connections in 900 years of music
United States SoundBox, ‘Lineage’: Julia Bullock (curator, singer), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, members of San Francisco Symphony / Daniel Stewart (conductor). Recorded at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco and Bavaria Musik Studio in Munich. Presented by SFSymphony+ and first streamed 11.3.2021. (HS)
Percussion returns to Cleveland via Shchedrin’s witty Carmen ballet
United States In Focus / Episode Six – Shchedrin, Carmen-Suite: Strings and percussion of the Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Reviewed as a performance livestreamed from the Severance Hall, Cleveland, 11.3.2021. (MSJ)
(c) Roger Mastroianni (courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra.)
Myaskovsky. Dialogues opens up the friendship of Prokofiev and Myaskovsky in music and words
Russian Federation Myaskovsky. Dialogues – Myaskovsky and Prokofiev: A Lifelong Dialogue: Maria Ostroukhova (mezzo-soprano), Yury Favorin (pianist), Konstantin Tyulkin (pianist), Boris Zyranov (actor as Prokofiev), Nikolay Rotov (actor as Myaskovsky), Livestreamed on the Virtual Concert Hall from Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, Yekateringburg, 11.3.2021. (GT)
Jennifer Pike and Petr Limonov launch The Polyphonic Concert Club, a new online concert series
United Kingdom Mozart, Szymanowski, Paganini/Szymanowski, Massenet: Jennifer Pike (violin), Petr Limonov (piano). Streamed by The Polyphonic Music Club (click here), St George’s, Bristol, 11.3.2021. (CC)
Isata Kanneh-Mason’s bravura command celebrates International Women’s Day at the Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert – Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano): Livestreamed from the Wigmore Hall, London, 8.3.2021. (JPr)
Tremendous performances of rarely-performed works in the opening concert of Myaskovsky. Dialogues
Russian Federation Myaskovsky. Dialogues – A Dialogue with Epoch: Klavdia Bashkirtseva (soprano), Alexander Trofimov (tenor), Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Quartet, Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Choir, Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Rudin (conductor). Livestreamed on the Virtual Concert Hall from the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Hall, 9.3.2021. (GT)
