Norway Eccles, Helland, Hoffmeister, Bloch, Tchaikovsky, Glinka: Erling Sunnarvik (double bass), Nils Lundström (piano), Annika Skoglund (mezzo), Aslak Juva (violin), Vegard Johnsen (violin), Stig-Ove Ose (viola), Hans Josef Groh (cello), Kenneth Ryland (double bass), Akershus Fortress Stable House, Oslo, 10.3.2012 (JFL)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis: Difficult Work, More Difficult Circumstances
United States Beethoven, Missa solemnis: Christine Brewer (Soprano), Michelle de Young (Mezzo-Soprano), Simon O’Neill (Tenor), Eric Owens (Bass-Baritone), Malcolm Lowe (Solo Violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver (Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 6.3.2012 (SSM)
Music of Luigi Nono from the Electronic Music Foundation
United States Nono: Soloists, NYU Percussion Ensemble, Frederick Loewe Theatre (New York University) and Judson Church, New York City, 27-28.2.2012 (BH)
Rarely Heard in Chicago – Mahler and Schoenberg with the CSO
United States Mahler and Schoenberg: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Michelle De Young (mezzo soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 3.3.2012 (JLZ)
Lucky Germany! Santa Cecilia is Coming!
Italy Brahms and Prokofiev: Janine Jansen (violin), Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor), Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 3.3.2012 (JB)
Berlioz, Damnation!
Germany Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust: Soloists, Munich Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic Chorus, Tölz Boys’ Choir, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Gasteig Philharmonic Hall, Munich, 29.2.2012 (JFL)
Simon Trpčeski Debuts at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall in New York
United States Liszt, Schubert: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 27.2.2012 (SSM)
Forthright Viennese Classics from Jeffrey Kahane
United States Mozart and Haydn: Jeffrey Kahane (conductor and soloist), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 1.3.2012 (BJ)