Switzerland Schubert, Mahler: Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor) – Tonhalle, Zurich 27.9.2011 (JR)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
A B-Z of Composers
United States Zappa, Dutilleux and Beethoven: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,Seattle, 24.9.2011
Stravinsky, Gershwin and Varèse: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,Seattle, 29.9.2011 (BJ)
International Master Class Students Demonstrate Heartbreaking Poetry, Passion and Beauty.
Poland Gniezno Students Concert: Sara Aasen (coloratura soprano); Iwona Pręntka, Christiane Schlüter, Marisa Amman (sopranos); Mateusz Drozda (basso); Barbara Malcolm, Anna Środecka, Anya Muston (violins); Dominikus Burghart and Szymon Musioł (pianos). Gniezno (Poland), Gniezno Music School, 5.9.2011 (LV)
Uto Ughi per Roma:Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart Performed at Annual Free Music Festival
Italy Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart: Orchestra Giovanile Uto Ughi per Roma with Uto Ughi (violinist and conductor) and young soloists, Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, Rome, 27.9.2011
In Lully’s Garden: Other Flowers Flourish Alongside Atys
United States Le Jardin de Monsieur Lully: Les Arts Florissants (orchestra), Le Jardin des Voix (vocalists), William Christie (conductor) BAM Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 25.09.2011 (SSM)
Madama Butterfly: An Overall Theatrical Experience of High Merit
United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Kitsap Opera, soloists, Wayne Wyman (conductor), Therese Diekhans (director), Leone Cottrell-Adkins (producer), Richard Washek (set designer), Marilyn Fuller (costume coordinator), Theresa Ballew (stage manager), Mark Thomason (technical direction and lighting design), Admiral Theater, Bremerton, WA, 25.9.2011 (BJ)
Virtuosity Bodes Well for Start of New Chicago Symphony Season
United States Rota, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Matthieu Dufour (flute), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (music director), Symphony Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago. 23.9.2011. (JLZ)
Musikfest Berlin 2011: Rattle does Mahler’s 8th more from the heart than the head
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2011 – Lotti, Tallis and Mahler: Soloists, choirs and Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.9.2011. (MC)