Switzerland Berlioz, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky: Rafal Blechacz (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra, Michael Sanderling (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 28.2.2013 (JR).
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Searing “Rite” Signals a New Era
United States Frank, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 22.2.2013 (BH)
Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall: Mostly Sweet, Sometimes Strange
United States Bartók, Mahler: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.2.2013 (BH)
Hearing Familiar Music Anew
United States Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann: Christian Zacharias, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.2.2013 (SSM)
Even in a Snowstorm, Blomstedt Packs the Hall
United States Nielsen, Beethoven: Cleveland Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 16.2.2013 (MSJ)
Zubin Mehta, Angel Blue, and Gustav Mahler
Germany Mahler: Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo), Angel Blue (soprano), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 20.2.2013 (JFL)
Recent British Music Worth Repeating—No, I Mean Right Now
United States Tippett, Knussen, Turnage, Britten: Trevor Nuckols (horn), Juilliard Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 1.2.2013 (BH)
Longing for Panufnik, and Other Love Stories
United States Fauré, Mozart, Szymanowski, and Bizet: Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 14.2.2013 (BJ)