United Kingdom Dohnányi, Beethoven, Brahms: Imogen Cooper (Piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), The Anvil, Basingstoke, 23.4.2013 (NB)
Concert Reviews
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Beethoven Almost Trumps Sparkling New Murail
United States Messiaen, Mozart, Murail, Beethoven: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), New York Philharmonic, David Robertson (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 13.4.2013 (BH)
Engrossing Account of a Wartime Romance
United Kingdom Glass, Ian Stephens: Liz Weir (narrator), Mavron String Quartet, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 23.4.2013. (PCG)
Bottles and Cans Fill Metropolitan Museum
United States CONTACT!: Anders Hillborg, Poul Ruders, Yann Robin, Unsuk Chin: Liang Wang (oboe), John Schaefer (host), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor). Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium,New York City, 5.4.2013 (BH)
Oper Frankfurt Wins Opera Company of the Year Award
Oper Frankfurt has won the „International Opera Award“ as best „Opera Company“ yesterday in London. “The Operas” – as the prizes will be known in future – were brought into being by John Allison, editor of the renowned English opera magazine “Opera”, and British buisinessmanHarry Hyman, Managing Director of the international Nexus Group company. Hyman is an extremely knowledgeable … Read more
Soaring Wagner, Savage Stravinsky
United States Wagner, Stravinsky: Thomson Smillie (guest speaker), Amy Yekel (soprano), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 20.04.2013 (TW)
Oleg Marshev Test Drives Whangarei’s Refurbished Steinway
New Zealand Debussy, Mussorgsky: Oleg Marshev (piano), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 9.4.2013 [PSe]
From New to Old, With a Nod to Ansel Adams
United States Shepherd, Shostakovich, Dvořák: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21.4.2013 (MSJ)