Italy Ralph Vaughan Williams, Quintet in C minor (1903); Louise Farrenc, Quintet in E no. 2 for piano and strings (1840): Quintetto Bottesini: Alessandro Cervo (violin) Federico Stassi (viola) Giacomo Menna (cello) Roberto Della Vecchia (double bass) Linda di Carlo (piano) Cappella Paolina of the Quirinale Palace Rome, RAI Tre Sunday Midday Concerts, 20.11.2011 (JB)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
John Eliot Gardiner and Arturo Toscanni: Beethoven Comes First
United States L.V. Beethoven: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 16.11.2011 (SSM)
Classical Night Out – BRSO in Kraus, Mozart, and Haydn
Germany J.M.Kraus, Mozart, Haydn: Ramón Ortega Quero (oboe), Christian Zacharias (conductor / piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herkulessaal, Munich, 18.11.2011. (JFL)
A Touch of Boulanger in Gauting
Germany Beethoven, Shostakovich, Brahms: Boulanger Piano Trio, BOSCO Theater Forum, Gauting, 17.11.2011 (JFL)
Daniel Taylor and Deborah York Perform Handel to Perfection
United States G. H. Handel, Arias and Love Duets: Daniel Taylor (conductor, countertenor), Deborah York (soprano), The Theatre of Early Music, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 15.11.2011 (SSM)
At the White Light Festival, Olivier Latry Reveals Messiaen’s Core
Messiaen: Olivier Latry (organ), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 11.11.2011 (BH)
Model Audience Behavior for Garrick Ohlsson and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
United States Salonen, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 5.11.2011 (BH)
Bernard Haitink Returns After 33 Years to Lead the New York Philharmonic in Strauss and Beethoven
United States R. Strauss, Beethoven: Cynthia Phelps (viola), Carter Brey (cello), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City, 10.11.2011 (SSM)