United Kingdom Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert: The Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Wu Qian (piano), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.9.2013 (RB)
Concert Reviews
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English Music Festival Ventures Westwards
United Kingdom Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Howells: Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Matthew Rickard (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 20.9.2013 (RJ)
Pictorial Alpine Symphony Brought to Life by Zinman and the Tonhalle
Switzerland Mozart, R. Strauss: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Tobias Melle (photographer), David Zinman, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich
Royal Opera Returns to the Screen with Turandot
United Kingdom Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Henrik Nánási (conductor) in Andrei Serban’s 1984 production with designs by Sally Jacobs. Broadcast to The May Fair Hotel, Mayfair, London. 18.9.2013. (JPr)
An Evening of Exceptional and Highly Imaginative Music Making
United Kingdom Bridge, Fauré, Debussy, Shostakovich: Adam Walker (Flute) Anthony Marwood (Violin) Lawrence Power (Viola) Steven Isserlis (Cello) Lucy Wakeford (Harp) Alexander Melnikov (Piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 17.9.2013 (RB)
Thomas Hampson: Still a Fine Recitalist
United Kingdom Mahler, Webern, Zemlinsky, Strauss, Alma Mahler, Schoenberg: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Wolfram Rieger (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 14.9.2013. (JPr)
Lucerne Festival (4): Glorious Bruckner from Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic
Switzerland Lucerne Festival Bruckner (4) : Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne 14.9.2013 (JR)
Ian Hobson Begins a Series of 14 Recitals Devoted to Brahms’s Works for Piano
United States Brahms: “Classical Inclinations in a Romantic Age” Works for Piano and Chamber Music with Piano (Recitals 1 and 2), Ian Hobson (piano), Claude Hobson (piano), Edward A. Rath, Jr. (piano), Benzaquen Hall, DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, 10.9.2013 and 12.9.2013. (SSM)