United Kingdom Elgar, Grainger, and Richard Strauss: Tasmin Little (violin), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Royal Albert Hall, London 2.8.2011 (CG)
Concert Reviews
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Only Mozart Opens Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, NY
United States W.A. Mozart: The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola), Susanna Phillips (soprano), Louis Langrée (conductor) Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, 3-8-2011 (SSM)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (9) – Mahler’s 4th and 5th, Barber’s Violin Concerto and More…
United States Aspen Music Festival (9): Robert Spano and Jeffrey Kahane conduct Mahler; Robert McDuffie plays Barber Violin Concerto; the Percussion Ensemble. 1.8.2011 (HS)
Rare Medtner caps an absorbing recital by Yevgeny Sudbin
United Kingdom Haydn, Liszt, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov, Medtner: Yevgeny Sudbin (Piano) Wigmore Hall,London. 28.7.2011 (RB)
Prom 21 – More Unusual Concert Programming from Nelsons and the CBSO
United Kingdom Strauss, Walton, and Prokofiev: Midori (violin), Nadzhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2011 (MB)
Young New Zealand Musicians Prepare to take on the World.
New Zealand Mendelssohn, R. Strauss, Alex Taylor, Poulenc; Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Hutchinson (oboe), Antun Poljanich (conductor); Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 23.7.2011 (PSe)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 1 ) – Schulhoff, Mozart, Korngold
Austria Schulhoff, Mozart, Korngold: Janine Jansen (v), Boris Brovtsyn (v), Maxim Rysanov (va), Amihai Grosz (va), Jens Peter Maintz (vc), and Torleif Thedéen (vc), Mozarteum, Salzburg, 30.7.2011 (JFL)
Prom 19 – Oliver Knussen conducts the BBCSO in a typically unusual programme
United Kingdom Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni and Debussy: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 29.7.2011 (CG)