United Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaki Otaka (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 9.5.2014 (PCG)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Varied Program Excels in Mozart’s Requiem
United States Rouse, Frank, Mozart: Mary Kay Fink (piccolo), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Garrett Sorenson (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (Robert Porco, director), Cleveland Orchestra / David Robertson (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 4.5.2014
Boesch in Winterreise: Mad or Guilty?
United States Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 9.5.14 (DA)
Günther Herbig Conducts with a Master’s Touch and Authority
Singapore Beethoven, Dohnányi: Martin Roscoe (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Günther Herbig (conductor), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 9.5.2014. (RP)
Gil Shaham in Bright Sheng’s Violin Concerto
United Kingdom Dukas, Sheng and Bartók: Gil Shaham (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 09.05.14 (CS)
Spark Missing from Haitink, Kavakos and the New York Phiharmonic
United States Webern, Berg, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 8.5.2014 (SSM)
Stellar Singers, Elder and the LSO in Sumptuous Strauss
United Kingdom Mozart and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.5.2014 (CS)
Luminous Sibelius, Dark Sallinen and Dramatic Grieg
United States Sallinen, Grieg, Sibelius: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, 8.5.2014