Mahler, Schubert, and Glass: Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Angela Meade (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16-18.6.2011 (BJ)
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6,183 New Voices Added to the Chorus:Works for Organ and Chorus
Pipes and Voices: Works for Organ and Chorus: Soloists, Voices of Ascension, Mark Kruczek (organ), Dennis Keene (Artistic Director and Conductor), The Church of the Ascension, New York City, 8.6.2011 (BH)
Yuja Wang’s Bartók frustrates and exhilarates San Francisco by turns
Bartók, Tchaikovsky: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 18.6.2011 (HS)
Celebrating Forty Years of the Da Capo Chamber Players
Mamlok , Fitch, Tower, Tsontakis, Schoenberg: Lucy Shelton (soprano), Jeremiah Campbell (cello), Da Capo Chamber Players, Merkin Concert Hall, 2.6.2011 (BH)
Jazz and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco
Schneider, Webern, Crumb, Bartók, Grieg: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (artistic director and lead violin), presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, California, 14.6.2011 (HS)
Rare Repertoire from a Pianist and Two Sisters on Violins
Bartók, Prokofiev, Ligeti, Gao Ping, Isang Yun, Shostakovich, Martinů: Angela Chun (violin), Jennifer Chun (violin), Frederic Chiu (piano), Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, 1.6.2011 (BH)
A thrilling afternoon at Carnegie Hall
Berg, Rachmaninoff, Glière, Ravel, Delibes, Massenet, R. Strauss : Natalie Dessay (soprano), Fabio Luisi (conductor), MET Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 15.5.2011 (BH)
New York’s Movado Hour concludes with Magnus Lindberg
Lindberg, Columbi, Saariaho, Stucky, Neikrug, Tan Dun, Schulhoff : Magnus Lindberg (piano), Jennifer Koh (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello), The Movado Hour, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Howard Gilman Performance Space, 10.5.2011 (BH)