Italy Verdi, Britten, Beethoven Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor, Sir Antonio Pappano. Ian Bostridge (tenor). Alessio Allegrini (horn) Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 25.5.2013. (JB)
International Concerts
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Bach’s Brandenburgs in Montreal: Complete in Every Way
Canada Bach, Brandenburg Concerti: Soloists and Winners of the 2012 Canada Musical Instrument Bank Awards, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violinist/director), St. George Church, Montreal, 23.5.2013 (SSM)
More Brilliant Beethoven from the Auckland Youth Orchestra
New Zealand Hindemith, Mahler, Beethoven: Olivia Francis (violin), Alex McFarlane (viola), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 11.5.2013 (PSer)
Salzburg, Stravinsky: Dancing for the Daft
Austria I. Stravinsky, Le sacre et al.: Soloists, Mariinsky Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 19.5.2013 (JFL)
Hamelin, Robertson Pull Their Punches
United States Carter, Ravel, Gershwin Marc-André Hamelin (piano), San Francisco Symphony, David Robertson (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2013 (HS)
Re-enacting Siegfried Idyll in Schloss Albrechtsberger
Germany Wagner: Stephanie Atanasov (mezzo-soprano), Players of the Dresdner Philharmonie, Schloss Albrechtsberger, Dresden, Germany, 22.5.2013. (MC)
Suite Fifteen: Winners of the 2012 Competition Open “Bach Week” at the Montreal Festival
Canada Bach: Montreal Chamber Music Festival, St. George’s Church, Montreal, 22.5.2013 (SSM)
Dresden Festival 2 : Dresden Remembers its Strong Associations with Wagner
Germany Wagner, Henze: Jonas Kaufman (tenor), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann, Semper Oper, Dresden, Germany, Tuesday 21.5. 2013. (MC)