Preview of the Sferisterio Opera Festival: Macerata 2011 (JB)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
James Conlon’s La Bohème in Rome
Puccini: La Bohème, Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 21.6.2011 (JB)
It’s About Time: Old Beethoven, New Sebastian Currier and Overdue Bruckner
Beethoven, Sebastian Currier, Bruckner: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 4.6.2011 (BH)
The “Resurrection” Ends an Era:Music Director Gerard Schwarz Steps Down after 26 Years.
Mahler, Schubert, and Glass: Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Angela Meade (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16-18.6.2011 (BJ)
6,183 New Voices Added to the Chorus:Works for Organ and Chorus
Pipes and Voices: Works for Organ and Chorus: Soloists, Voices of Ascension, Mark Kruczek (organ), Dennis Keene (Artistic Director and Conductor), The Church of the Ascension, New York City, 8.6.2011 (BH)
Yuja Wang’s Bartók frustrates and exhilarates San Francisco by turns
Bartók, Tchaikovsky: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 18.6.2011 (HS)
Celebrating Forty Years of the Da Capo Chamber Players
Mamlok , Fitch, Tower, Tsontakis, Schoenberg: Lucy Shelton (soprano), Jeremiah Campbell (cello), Da Capo Chamber Players, Merkin Concert Hall, 2.6.2011 (BH)
Jazz and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco
Schneider, Webern, Crumb, Bartók, Grieg: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (artistic director and lead violin), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, California, 14.6.2011 (HS)