New Zealand Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov: Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Albee Ai (bassoon), Antun Poljanich (conductor); Exhibition Hall, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 15.4.2012 [Pse]
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Elongated Elation: Mahler 3rd with Iván Fischer
Germany Mahler: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Iván Fischer (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Chorus, Bad Tölz Boys’ Choir, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 21.4.2012 (JFL)
Rachmaninoff and Elgar, Bridged
United States Bridge, Rachmaninoff, Elgar: Stephen Hough (piano), Andrew Litton (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 19.4.2012 (RRR)
An Astounding Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto from Yuja Wang
United States Prokofiev, Mahler: Yuja Wang (piano), New York Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden (guest conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 14.4.2012 (BH)
Where Was Sokolov When The Lights Went Out?
Italy Rameau, Mozart, Brahms: Grigory Sokolov (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome, 18.4.2012 (JB)
In Seattle, Late Mozart by the Emersons
United States Mozart: Emerson Quartet, Meany Hall, Seattle, 17.4.2012 (BJ)
Itzhak Perlman Conducts in San Francisco
United States Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Itzhak Perlman (violin and conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.4.2012 (HS)
Arditti Quartet Does Best With Bartók
United States Beethoven, Berg, Adès, Bartók: Arditti Quartet, presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 12.4.2012 (HS)