United States Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Kitsap Opera, soloists, Wayne Wyman (conductor), Therese Diekhans (director), Leone Cottrell-Adkins (producer), Richard Washek (set designer), Marilyn Fuller (costume coordinator), Theresa Ballew (stage manager), Mark Thomason (technical direction and lighting design), Admiral Theater, Bremerton, WA, 25.9.2011 (BJ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
A Rare Performance of Kullervo in a Concert Dedicated to Kurt Sanderling
United Kingdom Brahms, Sibelius: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Jukka Rasilainen (bass-baritone), Orphei Drängar (male chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.9.2011
Impressive debut for Manchester Camerata’s new Hungarian Music Director
United Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, Liszt and Haydn: Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall, Manchester, Saturday 24th September 2011 (MC)
Lammermuir Festival (4): Gala Concert for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (4): Rossini, Menotti, Dvořák: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Grams (conductor), Jennifer Koh (violin). St Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington (Scotland). 22.09.2011 (LV)
Virtuosity Bodes Well for Start of New Chicago Symphony Season
United States Rota, Ibert, Tchaikovsky: Matthieu Dufour (flute), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (music director), Symphony Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago. 23.9.2011. (JLZ)
Lammermuir Festival (5): Alison Balsom performs and the Scots go wild
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival (5): Handel, Vivaldi, MacMillan, Purcell, Albinoni: Alison Balsom (trumpet), The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton (artistic director and leader). St Michael’s Kirk, Inveresk, Musselburgh (Scotland). 23.09.2011 (LV)
Musikfest Berlin 2011: Rattle does Mahler’s 8th more from the heart than the head
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2011 – Lotti, Tallis and Mahler: Soloists, choirs and Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Philharmonie, Berlin, 15.9.2011. (MC)
More ‘Music for People’ at the Purcell Room
United Kingdom Endymion, EXAUDI: James Weeks (conductor), Purcell Room, London, 21.09.2011 (CG)