Austria Bach, Schumann: Grigori Sokolov (piano), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5.8.2011. (JFL)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
A variable Dream of Gerontius opens the 2011 Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Three Choirs Festival 2011 (1) – Elgar: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), John Graham-Hall (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Lucas. Worcester Cathedral. 6.8.2011 (JQ)
Prom 29 – More style than substance in Dudamel’s Mahler
United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’: Miah Persson (soprano), Anna Larsson (mezzo), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel. Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.8.2011. (JPr)
Musica Deo Sacra – Russian Church Music in an Anglican Context
United Kingdom Rachmaninov, Vespers: Musica Deo Sacra, Tewkesbury Abbey, 5.8.2011 (RJ)
Prom 26 – Donald Runnicles leads an enthralling Daphnis et Chloé
United Kingdom Debussy, Dutilleux and Ravel: Lynn Harrell (cello), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, 3.8.2011 (CG)
Bodies that Sing: An Imaginative Re-creation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (2):Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor and Director), RoseTheater, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.8.2011 (SSM)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 2 ) – Preview
Austria Preview: Salzburg Festival, 5.8.2011 (JFL)
With Koopman to Haydn Victory: Season Finale for the Munich Philharmonic
Germany Haydn, Mozart, Bach: Munich Philharmonic, Ton Koopman (conductor), Klaus Mertens (baritone), Lisa Larsson (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (mezzo), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Philharmonie, Munich, 12.7.2011 (JFL)