Schubert: Onyx Chamber Players (David White, piano; James Garlick, violin; Meg Brennand, cello); J. Melvin Butler (viola); Stephen Schermer (contrabass); Downstairs at Town Hall, Seattle, 29.5.2011 (BJ)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
A Birthday Homage to Ligeti in Budapest
Hommage à Ligeti: UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Conductors: Zoltán Rácz, Barbara Hannigan – Palace of Arts, Budapest, 23.5. 2011 (BM)
Come some musicke: Liszt’s “Hamlet”, Brahms “Double,” Schumann’s “Spring”
Liszt, Brahms, Schumann: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, John Axelrod (conductor), Viviane Hagner (violin), Danjulo Ishizaka (cello), Palace of Arts, Budapest 13.5.11 (BM)
Mahler Festival Leipzig: Harding – Mahler Chamber Orchestra – Fourth Symphony
Mahler: Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor) Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 25.5.2011 (JFL)
The New York Philharmonic perform Beethoven for the Bavarians
Sibelius, Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert, Philharmonie, Gasteig, Munich, 14-5-2011 (MC)
Mahler Festival Leipzig: Zinman – Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich – Sixth Symphony
Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor) Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 24.5.2011 (JFL)
Mahler Festival Leipzig: Gilbert – New York Philharmonic – Fifth Symphony
Mahler: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor) Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 23.5.2011 (JFL)
Farewell to Finlandia Hall:Mahler and Haydn bid adieu to Helsinki Philharmonic’s old home
Mahler, Haydn: Juhan Tralla (tenor), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra – John Storgårds (conductor) at the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, 18.5.2011 (GF)