Vladimir Ashkenazy extends his stay with the Sydney Symphony. 5.5.2011 (TP)
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Resurrecting Mahler: San Francisco Symphony Perform Mahler’s Second and Ninth Symphonies
Mahler, Symphonies 9 and 2: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7-8.5.2011 (HS)
The Center Can Hold: Strong Strauss Surrounded By Weaker Works
Villa-Lobos, Strauss, and Prokofiev: Seattle Symphony musicians and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2011 (BJ)
This the Viola – Boccherini, Schubert, Britten and Brahms in Rome
This the Viola – Boccherini, Schubert, Britten and Brahms: Daniel Palmizio (viola) and Giacamo Ronchini (piano): Oratorio del Gonfalone, Rome, 5.5.2011(JB)
American Songs at Herbst Theater in San Francisco
American Songs: Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Warren Jones (piano), Paul Brown (fiddle and banjo), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theater, San Francisco. 4.5.2011 (HS)
Maazel’s Mahler Cycle Reaches Warwick:Mahler’s 5th Symphony
Mozart, Mahler. Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra. Lorin Maazel. Warwick Arts Centre 4.5.2011 (JQ)
Returning for Encores: Kissin and Levine at Carnegie Hall
Schoenberg, Chopin, Brahms: Evgeny Kissin (piano), James Levine (conductor), MET Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 10.4.2011 (BH)
Mozart and Berio: An Odd Couple in New York
Mozart, Berio: David Robertson (conductor), Soloists, Ensemble ACJW, Zankel Hall, New York City, 31.3.2011 (BH)