Austria Zimmermann, Cerha Austrian Ensemble for New Music, Johannes Kalitzke (conductor), University Auditorium, Salzburg, 15.8.2012 (JFL)
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Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 9
Austria Liszt: Soloists, Vienna Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 15.8.2012. (JFL)
MM 8 Andrew Manze’s Magical Conducting
United States MM 8-Bach,Mendelssohn,Mozart: Stephen Hough(piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, 21-22.8.2012 (SSM)
Salzburg Festival: Pollini Graces Salzburg with Profound Beethoven Performances
Austria Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 19.8.2012 (MB)
MM 5: Mostly Wrong Yet Mostly Right
United States MM 5: Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Kristian Bezuidenhout (Fortepiano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Starr Theater, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York , 9.8.2012 (SSM)
Rare Dvořák Opera at Chicago’s Grant Park Festival
United States Dvořák, The Spectre’s Bride: Jonita Lattimore (soprano), Brendan Tuohy (tenor), Stephen Hegedus (bass), Grant Park Chorus, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Millennium Park, Chicago, 17.8.2012 (JLZ)
Two Contrasting Halves at the Olympic Music Festival
United States Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, and Schoenfield: Julio Elizalde (piano); Jessica Lee (violin); Alan Iglitzin (viola); Patrick Jee (cello); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 19/8/2012 (BJ)
MM 7: One Step Back to Brahms
United States MM 7 Mozart, Schubert, Brahms: Joshua Bell (violin), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 17-18.8.2012 (SSM)