Turkey Mozart, Berg, Liszt, Bartok: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Istanbul Music Festival, Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul 23.6.12 (AM)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
San Francisco Symphony Unleashes a Terrifying “Bluebeard”
United StatesLiszt, Bartók: Jeremy Denk (piano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 21.6.2012 (HS)
At Last, Rinaldo at Teatro Colón
Argentina Handel, Rinaldo: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Colón, Martin Haselboeck (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 15.6.2012. (JSJ)
Yuja Wang Scales the Peaks of the “Rach Three”
United States Faure, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.6.2012 (HS)
Thierry Fischer Bids Cardiff a First Farewell Aided by Mozart and Strauss
United Kingdom Mozart, Strauss: Angela Hewitt (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 15.6.2012 (GPu)
Hough and Morlot Dazzle in Rachmaninoff
United States Bernstein, Ives, and Rachmaninoff: Stephen Hough (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 14.6.2012 (BJ)
New York Philharmonic: Expansive with Nielsen, Limited with Beethoven and Korngold
United States Beethoven, Korngold, Nielsen: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), NY Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York 14.6.2012 (SSM)
Stephen Hough Goes for the “Strange”
United States Beethoven, Hough, Scriabin, Liszt: Stephen Hough (piano), Symphony Center, Chicago, 10.6.2012 (JLZ)