Switzerland Beethoven. R. Strauss: Marc-André Hamelin, Tonhalle Orchester, David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.9.2012 (JR)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Seattle Symphony Opening Night—Festivities, But No Tchaikovsky
United States Smith, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.9.2012 (BJ)
A Fine Moses und Aron Concert Performance in Madrid
Spain Arnold Schönberg: Moses und Aron: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden-Freiburg, EuropaChor Akademie, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 7.9.2012 (JMI)
Rhyming and Miming in 17th-Century Venice
United States Venezia from the Streets to the Palaces: Le Poème Harmonique, Miller Theater, Columbia University, New York, 12.9.2012 (SSM)
Chicago’s Millennium Park Packed for Operatic Stars
United States The Stars of Lyric Opera 2012: Susanna Phillips (soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Cecelia Hall (mezzo soprano), Bernard Holcomb (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), David Govertsen (bass-baritone), Christine Goerke (soprano), Amber Wagner (soprano), J’nai Bridges (soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Joseph Lim (baritone), Kiri Deonarine (soprano), Tracy Cantin (soprano), Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Martin Wright (chorus master), Stephen Lord (conductor), Millennium Park (Chicago), 8.9.2012 (JLZ)
For Two Pianos: Marksmanship, Pizzazz and Whiplash Frenzy
United States Brahms, Stravinsky, Bernstein, and Ravel: Julio Elizalde and Michael Brown (pianos); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 1.9.2012 (BJ)
Musikfest Berlin 2012: A Magnificent Evening with Metzmacher and the Berlin Phil
Germany Gershwin, Ives, Antheil and Bernstein: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ernst Senff Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher, Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.9.2012 (MC)
Musikfest Berlin 2012[3]: Sokhiev and DSO Put On an Exciting Concert
Germany Stravinsky, Copland, Bolcom, Barber, Gershwin, Weill, Bernstein and Rachmaninov: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin/Tugan Sokhiev, Philharmonie, Berlin, 7.9.2012 (MC)