Handel, Elgar, Britten, Williams: Emily Albrink (soprano), Brian Keith Johnson (baritone), Canton Symphony Chorus, Kent State University Chorus, VOCI chorus, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), The Canton Symphony Orchestra, Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 30.4.2011 (TW)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Anderszewski, Berlioz, And Strategically Lowered Expectations
Mozart, Berlioz: Piotr Anderszewski (piano) Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaj Znaider (conductor) Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 28.04.2010 (JFL)
Andrew Manze’s ‘Matthew Passion Transcribed for Orchestra and Chorus’
Bach: Oslo Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic Choir, Sølvguttene, boys’ choir, Andrew Manze (conductor), Oslo Concert Hall, 15.4.2011 (JFL)
An Outstanding Traversal Of ‘The Art of Fugue’
Bach, The Art of Fugue: Konstantin Lifschitz (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2011 (MB)
Sondheim’s ‘Company’ in New York
Stephen Sondheim, “Company” : Paul Gemignani (conductor), Lonny Price (director), Josh Rhodes (choreographer), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 8.4.2011 (BH)
Bach’s St John Passion in Leipzig
Bach, St John Passion (1749 version): Sibylla Rubens (soprano),Marie-Claude Chappuis (contralto), Johannes Chum (Evangelist and tenor arias), Stephan Loges (Christ), Hans-Christoph Begemann (bass arias), Choir of St Thomas’s, Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Gotthold Schwarz (conductor). St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, 21.4.2011 (MB)
Abbado and Argerich play Debussy and Ravel for President Giorgio Napolitano
Debussy, Ravel: Orchestra Mozart and Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 21.4.2011. (JB)
Yevgeny Sudbin plays Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel
Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt, and Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2011 (BJ)