United States Various: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York, 8 & 9.10.2024. (RP)
Dudamel’s LA Phil opens Carnegie Hall’s season with fantastic displays of orchestral color and drama
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An imbalanced rendering of Mahler’s Symphony No.8 in Boston
United States Mahler, Symphony No.8: Soloists, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (conductor: James Burton), Boys of the Saint Paul’s Choir School (music director: Brandon Straub), Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor). Symphony Hall, Boston, 6.10.2024. (ES-S)
Ortiz’s ecological vision and Dudamel’s Shakespearean dream at Disney Hall
United States Ortiz, Mendelssohn: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Jana McIntyre (soprano), Deepa Johnny (mezzo-soprano), María Valverde (narrator), Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Disney Hall, Los Angeles, 3.10.2024. (LV)
Majestic Brahms Symphony No.4 from Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony
United States Shostakovich, Brahms: Sayaka Shoji (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 4.10.2024. (HS)
From wit to an alien world to radiant transcendence: symphonic showcase from Harding’s Clevelanders
United States Haydn, Walker, R. Schumann: Cleveland Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 3.10.2024. (MSJ)
Between romanticism and modernity – a spectacular Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich season opener
Switzerland Brahms, Thorvaldsdottir, Stravinsky: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 18.9.2024. (VL)
Extra dimensions from dance lift Julia Bullock’s touching Messiaen song cycle in Berkeley
United States Messiaen, Harawi: Julia Bullock (soprano), Conor Hanick (piano), American Modern Opera Company. Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, University of California Berkeley, 27.9.2024. (HS)
Stewart Goodyear and ‘Symphonic Cinema’ successfully send off Vancouver Symphony’s new season
Canada Morlock, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky: Stewart Goodyear (piano), Symphonic Cinema (director: Lucas van Woerkum), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Otto Tausk (conductor). Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 20.9.2024. (GN)
