United Kingdom Philip Glass, 1,000 Airplanes on the Roof: David McKay (actor), Judith Howarth (soprano), Red Note Ensemble, Jessica Cottis (conductor), James Brining (director), in association with the National Theatre of Scotland. Concorde Hangar, National Museum of Flight, East Fortune (Scotland). 18.09.2011 (LV)
International Concerts
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Vital and Energetic Performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
United States Purcell, Dido and Aeneas: Mark Morris Dance Group, Philharmonia Baroque, Mark Morris (conductor), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo soprano), Philip Cutlip (baritone). Presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif. 17.9.2011 (HS)
Olympian performance of Mahler in Berlin from Pittsburgh orchestra
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2011 (2) Wagner; Rihm and Mahler: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Manfred Honeck (conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Philharmonie, Berlin, 11.9.2011. (MC)
A Frenchman in Seattle Portrays an American in Paris
United States Beethoven, Gulda, Gershwin, and Ravel: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Joshua Roman (cello), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,Seattle, 17.9.2011 (BJ)
Stimulating and fascinating music at the musikfest berlin 2011
Germany Pfitzner, Kaminski, Rihm, R Strauss: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Andris Nelsons, Andreas Buschatz (violin); Amihai Grosz (viola); Ludwig Quandt (cello), Gábor Tarkövi (trumpet); Jan Schlichte (percussion).Philharmonie,Berlin, 10.9.2011 (MC)
Ostrava Days (7): Ambitious Closing Concert
Czech Republic Ostrava Days (7): Walker, Padovani, Niblock, Rihm, Lang, Ustvolskaya: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostravská Banda, JACK Quartet, Alexandr Vovk (baritone), Joseph Kubera (piano), Petr Kotik (conductor), Ondrej Vrabec (conductor), Barbara Kler (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 03.09.2011 (GG)
From Poland: Thrilling Music from Two Unknowns and Boccherini’s “Fandango Quintet
Poland Noskowski, Boccherini, Moniuszko: Janusz Wawrowski, Anna Maria Staśkiewicz and Lena Neudauer (violins), Artur Rozmysłowicz (viola), Marcin Zdunik and Rafał Kwiatkowski (cellos), Bogumiła Dziel-Wawrowska (soprano) and Małgorzata Pánko (mezzo soprano), Robert Dymowski (bass baritone), and Michał Dąbrowski (positive organ). Konin (Poland), Parish Church, 13.09.2011 (LV)
9/11: “A Concert for New York”, Mahler, Symphony No. 2
United States “A Concert for New York”: Mahler, Symphony No. 2: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 10.9.2011 (BH)