United States Shostakovich, Bruckner: Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 10.2.2012 (RRR)
International Concerts
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A Romantic Evening in Edinburgh with Kluxen, Dinnerstein and the RSNO
United Kingdom Ravel, Mozart, Puccini, Mascagni, R Strauss: Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christian Kluxen (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.02.2012 (SRT)
Goldberg Variations: Refracted and Re-Gilded
United States Bach/Holloway: Steven Ryan and Catherine Venable (piano), “Refracted Bach: Dessoff Choirs’ 2012 Midwinter Festival,” Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.02.2012 (SSM)
Juri Gilbo’s RCP St. Petersburg & Andrei Gavrilov Electrify in Istanbul
Turkey Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven: Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg, Juri Gilbo (conductor), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Istanbul 8.2.12 (AM)
Overwhelming by Underwhelming: Kissin meets Grieg in Rome
Italy Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky: Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, James Judd (conductor), Evgene Kissin (piano), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 6.2.2012 (JB)
Super Bowl Sunday with Dudamel’s Mahler Ninth
United States Mahler: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 5.2.2012 (LV)
Alternative and Conventional Energy from Muti and Chicago
United States Honegger, Bates, Franck: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 3.2.2012 (JLZ)
SCMS Winter Festival Showcases Brahms Quartets
United States Brahms, Mozart, Shostakovich, Schubert, Dvořák, Prokofiev: Seattle Chamber Music Society artists, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 2 & 5.2.2012 (BJ)