Aspen Music Festival (7): Vasily Petrenko (conductor) and Aspen Chamber Symphony in Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, and Julia Fischer, Augustin Hadelich (violins) in Bach and Schnittke; Marin Alsop (conductor) and Aspen Festival Orchestra in Prokofiev and Wagner, with Colin Currie (percussion) in Rouse’s Der Geretette Alberich. Aspen, Colorado, 22-24.7.2011 (HS)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Prom 13 – Verdi’s Requiem makes its customary big impression
Verdi, Requiem (1873-4, rev. 1875): Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus of Wales, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Royal Albert Hall London 24.7.2011 (MMB)
An impressive Wigmore Hall debut by Robert Henry
Bach, Debussy and Chopin : Robert Henry (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 24.7.2011 (RB)
An evening with three champions: Istanbul Music Festival special concert with Renée Fleming &BIFO
Schubert, R. Strauss, Mascagni, Massenet, Khachaturian, Dvorak, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Cilea, Verdi : Renée Fleming (soprano), Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel (conductor), Hagia Eirene Museum, Istanbul, 22.7.2011 (AM)
Prom 9 – Elder and the Hallé impress in a programme of 20th century classics
Sibelius, Bartok, Janáček : András Schiff (Piano), Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder (Conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 21.7.2011 (RB)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 (6) – Baroque, Beethoven and Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aspen Music Festival (6): Gil Shaham (violin); Baroque with Daniel Hope; Jupiter Quartet begins Beethoven odyssey; Britten, Midsummer Night’s Dream. 18-21.7.2011 (HS)
David Fray’s piano recital offers a mixed experience
Mozart and Beethoven: David Fray (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 20.7.2011 (MB)
A variable recital of Russian cello pieces from Chaushian and Sudbin
Borodin, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Rachmaninov: Alexander Chaushian (cello), Evgeny Sudbin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London. 21.7.2011 (GDn)