United Kingdom Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (concert performance). Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 24.5.2014 (RD)
Concert Reviews
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Something of the Very Essence of Birtwistle in Yan Tan Tethera
United Kingdom Birtwistle: Yan Tan Tethera Soloists, Britten Sinfonia Voices; Britten Sinfonia, Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 29.5.2014 (CC)
Backwards to Brahms in Time and Space
United States Zoll, Hindemith, Brahms: Joshua Bell (violin), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, 29.5.14 (DA)
Full Throttle in First, Sensitivity in Second Movement of Mahler’s Eighth
United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No. 8: Erin Wall, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Sarah Tynan (sopranos); Caitlin Hulcup, Susan Platts (mezzos); Simon O’Neill (tenor); Nathan Berg (baritone); Jonathan Lemalu (bass); RSNO Chorus & Junior Chorus; Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.5.2014 (SRT)
The Endellion Quartet Marking 35 Years of Fine Music-Making
United Kingdom Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert: The Endellion String Quartet [Andrew Watkinson & Ralph da Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 28.5.2014 (CS)
In Russian Program, Hvorostovsky Excels at Shostakovich
United States Glinka, Borodin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and others: Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bass baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 25.5.2014 (HS)
Sparks from Wang and Tilson Thomas in Prokofiev and Debussy
United States Fauré, Schubert, Dvořák, Grieg, Prokofiev, Litolff, Debussy: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2014 (HS)
Jan Lisiecki’s Chopin
Italy Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano) Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Sala Santa Cecilia. Rome 28.05.2014 (JB)