United States Kile Smith:“Vespers”: Piffaro, The Crossing, Donald Nally (conductor), Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City, 9.1.2012 (BH)
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Oregon Symphony Performs a Dream Program
United States Vaughan Williams, Mozart, and Elgar: Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, 18.2.2012 (BJ)
Stéphane Denève Returns to Boston Symphony Orchestra
United States Ravel, Stravinsky, Shostakovich: Peter Serkin (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (guest conductor), Symphony Hall, Boston, 18.2.2012 (KH)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Swaggers into San Francisco with New Works
United States Honegger, Bates, Franck, Schubert, Clyne: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 14.2.2012 and 15.2.2012 (HS)
Rattle and the Berlin Phil Impress with Motley Programme in Zurich
Switzerland Debussy, Dvorak, Schönberg, Elgar: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle(conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.12.2012 (JR)
Yulianna Avdeeva dazzles Istanbul
Turkey Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev: Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Istanbul Recitals at ‘The Seed’, Istanbul 16.2.12 (AM)
Norrington’s Classical Equation: 2 x 39 + 1 =
United States Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Jeremy Denk (piano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 16.2.2012 (SSM)
The Currentzis Dances in Munich
Germany Adams, Schumann, Prokofiev: Mikhail Mordvinov (piano), Theodor Currentzis (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 15.2.2012 (JFL)