Germany Traditional and Festive Marches: Winds of the Munich Philharmonic, Albert Osterhammer (leader), Festsaal of the Hofbräuhaus, Munich, 3.3.2012 (JFL)
Concert Reviews
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Good Start to Cycle of Tippett’s Symphonies
United Kingdom Beethoven, Tippett: Marie Arnet (soprano), Igor Levit (piano), Alexandra Soumm (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra / David Robertson (conductor), Barbican, London, 1.3.2013
Outstanding Lutosławski from Mørk, Salonen and the Philharmonia
United Kingdom Debussy, Lutosławski: Truls Mørk (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.3. 2013. (CD)
The Royal Philharmonic Society’s Bicentennial Memorably Celebrated
United Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schumann: Emma Bell (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Marin Alsop (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 8.3.2013 (CC)
Rare Bridge plus more familiar Saint-Säens and Elgar from BSO
United Kingdom Bridge, Saint-Säens, Elgar: Jesper Svedberg (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill (conductor), The Anvil Arts Centre, Basingstoke, 07.2.2013. (NB)
Offbeat Openings and Experiments with Form
United States Beethoven, Brahms, Samuel Carl Adams: Yuja Wang (piano), Samuel Carl Adams (electronica), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 6.3.2013 (HS)
Vienna Phil at Carnegie (I and II): A Tinge of Instability
Suppé, R. Strauss, Dvořak, Schubert, Widmann: Herbert Lippert (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 1.3.2013, 2.3.2013 (DA)
Kaleidoscopic Bach and Hyper-Romanticised Schubert
United Kingdom Bach, Schubert, Mahler: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 07.03.2013 (SRT)