Germany Shostakovich: Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 6.5.2012 (JFL)
International Concerts
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Gergiev’s Munich Shostakovich Cycle V
Germany Shostakovich: Valery Gergiev (conductor), Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 5.5.2012 (JFL)
Bronfman, Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic in an Impressive Lindberg Premiere
United States Dvořák, Magnus Lindberg, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 5.5.2012 (BH)
Gilbert’s Mahler Sixth: Andante before Scherzo, Three Hammer Blows
United States Mahler, Symphony No. 6: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 2.5.2012 (BH)
Kissin’s Hair-Raising Performance of Barber’s Sonata
United States Beethoven, Barber, Chopin: Evgeny Kissin (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 3.5.2012 (SSM)
Student Groups Join in to Create “The Creation”
United States Haydn, Die Schöpfung, Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Baroque Ensemble, Juilliard415, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, 30.4.2012 (SSM)
Philharmonia On Tour In Switzerland
Switzerland Brahms, Weber, Beethoven: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor), Oliver Schnyder (piano), Tonhalle Zürich, 7.5.2012 (JR)
Schwarz’s Shostakovich Lives up to Expectations
United States Hagen, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich: Alexander Toradze (piano), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 26.4.2012 (BJ)