Austria Strauss, Beethoven, Bartók: Radu Lupu (piano), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 6.8.2012 (JFL)
International Concerts
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MM 2: What a Difference an Orchestra Makes
United States Mostly Mozart 2: Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 2.8.2012
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 3 in E-fIat major (“Eroica”)
Beethoven, Haydn: Christiane Karg (soprano), Julie Boulianne (soprano),Toby Spence (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 3.8.2012, (SSM)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Haydn: Missa (“Nelson Mass”)
Gergiev’s Munich Shostakovich – Symphonies 11 & 15
Germany Shostakovich: Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich, 19.7.2012 (JFL)
Munich Opera Festival: Garanča’s Liederabend
Germany R.Schumann, A. Berg, R.Strauss: Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Roger Vignoles, National Theater, Munich, 25.7.2012 (JMI)
Aspen X: Percussion Detonates a Memorable Week
United States Aspen Music Festival X: American String Quartet wows with Beethoven Op. 130; a Weilerstein family recital emphasizes the “chamber” in chamber music; McDuffie and Spano make Brahms sing; and the Percussion Ensemble rattles the walls of Harris Hall. 3.8.2012 (HS)
Trumpeter Cassone Dazzles with his Virtuosity
Australia Haydn, Gluck, Hummel: Gabriele Cassone (keyed trumpet), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra / Paul Dyer (conductor), City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, 25.7.12. (ZT)
Beethoven and Liszt: a Curate’s Egg.
India Beethoven, Liszt: Maciej Pikulski (piano), Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 1.8.2012 (JSM)
Superb Baroque Entertainment and Education at Vattnäs
Sweden Barock’n Roll. Maria Forsström (contralto), Magnus Karlberg (counter tenor), Louise Agnani (baroque cello), Janniz Jönsson (harpsichord). Vattnäs Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 25.7.2012 (GF)