New Zealand Ethel Smyth, Joan Tower, Eva Bedggood, Fanny Mendelssohn: NZTrio (Amalia Hall [violin], Ashley Brown [cello], Somi Kim [piano]). Old Library, Whangarei, New Zealand, 19.10.2024. (PSe)
Concert Reviews
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Michael Tilson Thomas returns in very good form for Mahler’s Second Symphony with the LSO
United Kingdom Mahler: Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Chorus (Chorus Director Emeritus: Simon Halsey), London Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.10.2024. (JR)
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto creates a giddy ride in its San Francisco debut
United States Beethoven, Salonen, Debussy: Rainer Eudeikis (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 18.10.2024. (HS)
Mahler illuminated by Mäkelä’s two-ended candlelight in Cleveland
United States Mahler: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (director: Lisa Wong), Cleveland Orchestra Children’s Chorus (director: Jennifer Rozsa), Cleveland Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor). Mandel Concert Hall at Severance Music Center, Cleveland, 17.10.2024. (MSJ)
Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall: a valiant champion of less-familiar repertory
United States Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rachmaninov: Daniil Trifonov (piano). Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.10.2024. (ES-S)
Sublime Martinů and glorious Saint-Saëns from The Philadelphia Orchestra
United States Bartók, Martinů, Saint-Saëns: Choong-Jin Chang (viola), Raphael Attila Vogl (organ), The Philadelphia Orchestra / Roderick Cox (conductor). Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia, 13.10.2024. (RP)
Bruckner under a bright sun: Ádám Fischer and the OAE perform the Fifth Symphony
United Kingdom Bruckner: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Ádám Fischer (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.10.2024. (CK)
Joyce DiDonato and four amazing singers in master classes at Carnegie Hall
United States ‘Joyce DiDonato Master Classes’: Joyce DiDonato with Bridget Esler (soprano), Michelle Mariposa (mezzo-soprano), Ben Reisinger (tenor), Robert Ellsworth Feng (bass), Joel Harder & Justina Lee (piano). Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing, New York, 11-12.10.2024. (RP)