United States Kodály, Brahms, and Prokofiev: Jessica Lee and Arnaud Sussmann (violins); Emily Deans and Alan Iglitzin (violas); David Requiro (cello); Julio Elizalde (piano); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 27.8.2010 (BJ)
International Concerts
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A Fortnight of Music Nears End at San Sebastian with Schoenberg, Brahms and Beethoven
Spain Schoenberg, Brahms, Beethoven: Susanne Bernhard (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Michael Volle (bass),WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne, Orfeón Donostiarra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and José Antonio Sainz Alfaro (conductors). Quincena Musical de San Sebastián (Spain), Auditorio Kursaal, 29.08.2011 (LV)
Potent playing in New Zealand from the cosmopolitan Meler chamber ensemble
New Zealand Mozart, Turina, Antony Verner, Dvořak: MELER Ensemble (Josef Špaček, violin; Amanda Verner, viola; Aleisha Verner, cello; Andrew Tyson, piano), The Old Library, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 18.8.2011 (PSe)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 15 ) – Chamber Concert • Beethoven, Ives
Austria Ives, Beethoven: Zehetmair Quartet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Grand Concert Hall, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 15.8.2011 (JFL)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Franz Welser-Möst not quite at his best for Zemlinsky
Austria Salzburg Festival 2011 – Schubert/Mahler and Zemlinsky: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2011 (MB)
Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” at New York’s Lincoln Center
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (7): Jennifer Koh (violin), Shai Wosner (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, NY, 24-08-2011 (SSM)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Masterful Beethoven from Pollini
Austria Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 24.8.2011 (MB)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 14 ) – Hans Rott & Alban Berg
Austria Ives, Hartmann, Mahler, Mozart: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Cornelius Meister (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 14.8.2011 (JFL)