United States “Symphonic Sondheim”: Nathan Lane (host), Eric Huebner and Steven Beck (pianos), Christopher S. Lamb and Daniel Druckman (percussion), New York Philharmonic, Paul Gemignani (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 29.1.2013 (BH)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
For an Anniversary, Recreating a Performance from 75 Years Ago
United States Beethoven, Haydn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky: Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Umstattdt Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 16.2.2013
Elder in Rare Dvořák and Welcome Sibelius
United States Dvořák, Rachmaninov, Sibelius: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago. 15.2.2013 (JLZ)
Vinterfest 2013 in Dalecarlia
Sweden Vinterfest 2013. Dalecarlia 14-17.2.2013 (GF)
Alexei Volodin’s Istanbul Recital Matches Impeccable Programming with Flawless Execution.
Turkey Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky (arr. Mikhail Pletnev), Wagner-Liszt, Kapustin: Alexei Volodin (piano), Istanbul Recitals at ‘the Seed’, Istanbul 15.02.13 (AM)
Orchestre de Paris Plays Russian Music
France Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Orchestre de Paris, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Salle Pleyel, Paris, 13.2.2013 (SRT)
Fascinating Double Bill at Palais Garnier
France Zemlinsky, Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Paul Daniel (conductor), Opéra Garnier, Paris, 11.2.2013 (SRT)
Three Friends in a Fête à la Française
United States Saint–Saëns, Fauré, Debussy, Delibes, Hahn, Berlioz, Messager, Offenbach: Renée Fleming (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Bradley Moore (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 27.1.2013 (BH)