United Kingdom Friedrich Schiller – Ein Leben in Liedern: Songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt: Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 10.9.2011 (MB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Heady cosmopolitan mix of contemporary music at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival
United Kingdom Qigang Chen, Metcalf, Bowden, Reich: Gerard McChrystal (soprano saxophone), Oliver Coates (cello), Sound intermedia (sound diffusion), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Jean-Michaël Lavoie (conductor), BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 9.9.2011 (Gpu)
Concert of the Year (so far): Brahms and Wagner played at Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm
Sweden Brahms, Wagner – Baltic Sea Festival: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, Victoria Mullova, violin, Nina Stemme, soprano – Berwald Hall, Stockholm, 3.9.2011 (GF)
The London Sinfonietta plays Elliott Carter. A short programme – but not short measure.
United Kingdom Elliott Carter: London Sinfonietta, Hall Two, Kings Place, 8.9.2011 (MB)
Prom 70:The UK première of Birtwistle’s Violin Concerto makes a potent impression at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 70: Bridge, Birtwistle, Holst: Christian Teztlaff (violin), Holst Singers,BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson. Royal Albert Hall,London, 7.9.2011 (MB)
Festival Maribor (3): (Nothing)
Slovenia Festival Maribor (3), “Nothing”: Soloists, Richard Tognetti (conductor, lead violin), The Croatian Radio Television Choir, Jon Frank (images and video installation), Festival Maribor Orchestra, Grand Hall of the Slovene National Theatre, Maribor (Slovenia). 06.09.2011 (LV)
Mostly Mozart (9): Composers from Mozart to now peerlessly played by ICE
United States Mostly Mozart, International Contemporary Ensemble: Peter Serkin (piano), Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Dennis James (glass armonica), Alice Tully Hall / Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 8-11.8.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart (8): No Mozart, all Stravinsky Program
United States Mostly Mozart: Stravinsky: International Contemporary Ensemble, Peter Serkin (piano), Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 08.08.2011 (GG)