United States Beethoven, Baker, Shostakovich: Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 23.3.2013. (TW)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Exquisite Lenten Music from Stile Antico
United Kingdom Miserere – Penitential Music by Byrd and his Contemporaries:Stile Antico. Wigmore Hall, 26.3.2013 (MB)
Clear-Headed Ohlsson Joins Penetrating Takács in Brahms and Haydn
United States Haydn, Brahms: Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 20.3.2013 (DA)
Youth and Experience Triumph in Beethoven and Bruckner
United Kingdom Beethoven, Bruckner: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 26.3.2013 (JQ)
Midori Dazzles Technically, Yet Something Missing
United States J.S. Bach: Midori (violin), presented by San Francisco Performances, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco. 23-24.3.2013 (HS)
Wearing White (or Pondering It) for a Surround-Sound Extravaganza
United States Stockhausen, OKTOPHONIE: Rirkrit Tiravanija (visual artist), Kathinka Pasveer (sound projectionist), Igor Kavulek (sound designer), Brian Scott (lighting designer), Park Avenue Armory, New York City. 24.3.2013 (BH)
Variable Schubert and Brahms from the LSO – and a Totally Forgettable Première
United Kingdom Eloise Nancy Gynn, Schubert, and Brahms: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, Manfred Honeck (conductors). Barbican Hall, London, 24.4.2013 (MB)
Bob Chilcott’s St .John Passion Premièred Auspiciously in Wells
United States Chilcott, St. John Passion: Soloists, Wells Cathedral Choir, Instrumental Ensemble, Jonathan Vaughn (organ) / Matthew Owens (conductor), Wells Cathedral, 24.3.2013 (JQ)