United Kingdom Beethoven: Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London 3.16.2012 (GD)
Concert Reviews
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“Sown to bloom again”: a Once-in-a Lifetime Experience with Gustavo Dudamel and the GSO in Mahler’s Second
Sweden Gustav Mahler, Symphony no. 2: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphonic Choir, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Anna Larsson (alto), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Gothenburg Concert Hall, 16.6.2012 (NS)
Simon Rattle a Welcome Guest at Symphony Hall’s Birthday Party
United Kingdom Brahms, Webern, Schumann: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham. 16.6.2012 (JQ)
Haitink and the LSO in Mozart, Bruckner – and Purcell with a Twist!
United Kingdom Purcell, Mozart, Bruckner: London Symphony Orchestra, Maria João Piraes (piano), Bernard Haitink (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 14.6.12 (Gdn)
A Night at the Movies: The RPO Celebrates British Film Music
United Kingdom Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 65th Anniversary Season: A Celebration of British Film Music. Clio Gould (leader/violin), Eddie Hession (accordion), Martin Robertson (alto saxophone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Gunning (composer/conductor) and Nigel Hess (composer/conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 14.6.2012. (JPr)
Alexei Volodin Particularly Impresses in Russian Music
United Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Alexei Volodin (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 13.6.2012 (RB)
Stephen Hough Goes for the “Strange”
United States Beethoven, Hough, Scriabin, Liszt: Stephen Hough (piano), Symphony Center, Chicago, 10.6.2012 (JLZ)
Oboe and Strings take centre stage with the Britten Sinfonia Soloists
United Kingdom Britten, Finzi, Elgar, Mozart, Schumann (arr. Matthews): Britten Sinfonia Soloists: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Jacqueline Shave (violin), Clare Finnimore (viola), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 12.6.12 (GPu)