United States Stravinsky, Bloch, Michael Brown, and Brahms: Julio Elizalde (piano); Arnaud Sussmann and Jessica Lee (violins); Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu and Alan Iglitzin (violas); Patrick Jee and Nicholas Canellakis (cellos); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 26.8.2012 (BJ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Lucerne Festival (LF1) A Question of Faith: Welser-Möst and the Clevelanders
Switzerland Lucerne Festival: Pintscher, Bruckner: The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum , Lucerne 25.8.12 (JR)
EIF 19: Anguish and Intensity in Henschel’s Delivery of Jedermann Monologues
United Kingdom Korngold, Wolf, Martin, Mahler: Dietrich Henschel (baritone)), Steven Osborne (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012 (SRT)
EIF 18: Rhythmic Bartók and Riskfree Mahler from Fischer
United Kingdom Bartók, Mahler: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2012 (SRT)
EIF 17: Schwanewilms and Martineau Complement Each Other in Morning of Song
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United Kingdom Debussy, Wolf and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2012 (SRT)
EIF 16: Gustav Mahler Orchestra Impresses Despite Leaden Conducting
United Kingdom Wagner, Mahler: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Usher Hall, 24.8.2012. (SRT)
Prom 52: Gergiev’s Disappointingly Inconsistent Cinderella at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 52: Prokofiev, Cinderella, London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2012 (CC)
Prom 50: Imaginative Programming from Vänskä and the BBC SO
United Kingdom Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius, Nielsen: Michael Collins (basset clarinet), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), 20 .8.2012. (GD)