United States Beethoven, Brahms, Samuel Carl Adams: Yuja Wang (piano), Samuel Carl Adams (electronica), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.3.2013 (HS)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Vienna Phil at Carnegie (I and II): A Tinge of Instability
Suppé, R. Strauss, Dvořak, Schubert, Widmann: Herbert Lippert (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 1.3.2013, 2.3.2013 (DA)
Vienna Phil at Carnegie (III): Busman’s Holiday for “Two B’s”
United States Berg and Bruckner: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser–Möst (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 3.3.2013 (BH)
Compelling Concert Tristan Torso
United States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act I, Act II (concert version): Linda Watson, soprano (Isolde); Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano (Brangäne); Stefan Vinke, tenor (Tristan); Sean Panikkar, tenor (Melot); John Relyea, bass-baritone (König Marke); Daniel Eifert, baritone (Kurwenal); Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 22.2.2013 (JLZ)
Stephen Hough: No Amateurs Need Apply
United States Chopin, Brahms, Hough, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York 4.3.2013 (SSM)
Heavenly Sampler of Kurt Weill
United States Into a Lamplit Room: The Songs of Kurt Weill. Aubrey Berg (director), Julie Spangler (musical direction), Joey Dippel (musical staging). College Conservatory of Music. University of Cincinnati, Cohen Studio Theatre. 4.3.13. (RDA)
A Goldberg to Dream About
United States Bach, Goldberg Variations: Transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (leader), Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School, New York City, 27.2.2013 (SSM)
A Bracing Move from Neoclassical to Classical
Stravinsky, Haydn: Alexandra Coku (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), David Pittsinger (bass-baritone), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor), Symphony Hall, Boston. 26.2.2013 (MSJ)