United States John Cage, How to Get Started: Ralph Lemon (voice), Arturo O’Farrill (voice and piano), Peter Price (audio engineer), Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, New York City. 2.4.2013 (BH)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Dudamel Shows He’s Human, After All
United States John Adams, Vivier, Debussy, Stravinsky: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon (music director), Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 27-28.3.2013 (BH)
Familiar Mozart, Led from the Piano
United States Mozart: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (piano and conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 30.3.2013 (JLZ)
Vienna Volksoper Presents Fun-Packed Fledermaus
Austria Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna Volksoper, with Wiener Staatsballett / Roberto Paternostro (conductor), Volksoper, Vienna, 6.4.2013 (SRT)
Vienna Musicverein Celebrates Centenary of Famous Skandalkonzert
Austria Webern, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Mahler – Vienna Skandalkonzert: Christiana Oelze (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), ÖRF Symphonieorchester Wien, Cornelius Meister (conductor), Musikverein, Vienna, 5.4.2013. (SRT)
Nigel Kennedy on Tour with Bach & Fats Waller
Switzerland Bach and Fats Waller: Nigel Kennedy (violin), Rolf Bussalb (guitar), Yaron Stavi (bass), Krzysztof Dziedzic (drum) Tonhalle, Zurich 6.4.2013 (JR).
Bach Cello Suites: As HIP As It Gets
United States Bach:Carter Brey, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, 1.4.2013 (DA)
Juan Diego Flórez: Exceptional Voice But Not Right for Les Pêcheurs de Perles
Spain Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Oren (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real. 31.3.2013 (JMI)