Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Grant Park Music Festival: Grant Park Orchestra, Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago, 2.7.2011 (JLZ).
International Concerts
All non-UK concert reviews
Elissò Virsaladze’s all Liszt Recital at the Pontino Festival
Liszt : Elissò Virsaladze (piano), Fossanova Abbey, Italy, 3.7. 2011 (JB)
Josef Slavìk’s Violin Concertos Restated – A World Premiere Long Overdue
Josef Slavìk : Violin Concertos no.1 and no.2, Città di Ferrara Orchestra, Marco Zuccarini (conductor), Laura Marzadori (violin), Pedemonte, Italy, 30.6.2011 (GLV)
Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg with the NYPO and Deborah Voigt
Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg : Deborah Voigt (soprano), David Robertson (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 11.6.2011 (BH)
Mahler With a Side of Haydn: Munich Philharmonic & Juraj Valcuha
Mahler, Haydn: Munich Philharmonic, Juraj Valcuha (conductor) Philharmonie Gasteig, Munich, 25.6.2011 (JFL)
Festival Review: Boston Early Music Festival
Festival Review: Boston Early Music Festival, Boston, 12-6-2011 to 19-6-2011 (SSM)
Night Music in the afternoon at the Olympic Music Festival
Night Music – Debussy, Schumann, Fauré, and Chopin : Paul Hersh (piano); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 25.6.2011 (BJ)
A Missa Solemnis ends the San Francisco Symphony Season
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis: San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor), Ain Anger (bass), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.6.2011 (HS)