United States Verdi, Carter, Rossini (arr. Sciarrino), Mozart, Beethoven: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo soprano), Met Orchestra, James Levine (conductor), Carnegie Hall, 13.10.2013 (BH)
Concert Reviews
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Juilliard415 in World-Class Performance of Rebel and Rameau
United States Rebel, Rameau: Chaos and Order: Dance Suites from the French Baroque, Juilliard415, Robert Mealy (conductor and violin), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 21.10.2013 (SSM)
Lyricism and Intensity from Toby Spence
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 8 – Schubert, Britten, Beethoven, Brahms, Purcell: Toby Spence (tenor), Julian Milford (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 23.10.2013. (CR)
Perfect Schubertiad from Holzmair and Cooper
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 7 – Schubert: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 22.10.2013 (CR)
Office Workers Get Violent in Blam!
United Kingdom Kristján Ingimarsson//Neander, Blam!: Sadler’s Wells (Peacock Theatre), London, 24.10.2013 (JO’D)
Honesty and Inventiveness in Beamish’s Commemoration of the Battle of Flodden
United Kingdom Britten, Beamish, Bridge, R Struss, Pity of War: Shuna Scott Sendall (sop), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Joseph Swensen (conductor/director), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 24.10.2013 (SRT)
Mendelssohn Look-Alike Gives Crisp Account of his Second Piano Concerto
United Kingdom Mendelssohn: Martin Helmchen (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Town Hall, Birmingham, 24.10.2013 (CM)
The Unexpected in Chailly’s Approach to Brahms
United Kingdom Brahms: Arcadi Volodos (piano) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Barbican Hal , London 23.10.2013 (GDn)