United Kingdom Mahler, Schoenberg, Brahms: Laura Mitchell (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), David Soar (bass), Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 28.10.11 (GPu)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
A Fistful of Faust From Barcelona: Schumann’s Scenes With Josep Pons
Spain R. Schumann, Scenes from Goethe’s Faust: Soloists, Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus Gran Teatre del Liceu. Josep Pons (conductor), Barcelona’s Liceu, 27.10.2011 (JMI)
Dimitri Tiomkin’s Music and His Oscars Rollin’ to The Barbican Hall
United Kingdom The Film Music of Dimitri Tiomkin: Andrew Playfoot, Whitney Claire Kaufman (vocalists), London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kaufman (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 27.10.2011. (JPr)
Triumphant New Semi-staged Production of Bartok’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
United Kingdom Debussy, Janáček, Bartók: Michelle DeYoung (Judith), Sir John Tomlinson (Bluebeard), Juliet Stevenson (narrator), Nick Hillel (director), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham 21.10.2011
A Memorable Celebration of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Ninetieth Anniversary in Northampton
United Kingdom The Sixth Annual Malcolm Arnold Festival, The Royal & Derngate, Northampton, 21- 23 October 2011 (LM)Intriguing Affinities: Haitink Conducts Schubert and Mahler in Chicago
United States Schubert, Mahler: Klara Ek (soprano) , Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 22.10.2011 (JLZ)
A Glowing German Requiem from Gatti in Zurich
Switzerland Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem: Martina Jankova (Soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Orchestra of the Zurich Opera, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Tonhalle Zurich, 23.10.2011, (JR)
The Symphony That Should Not Speak Its Name: Mahler’s Eighth Opens Santa Cecilia Season
Italy Mahler, Symphony no. 8: Manuela Uhl, Christine Brewer, Ailish Tynan (sopranos), Sara Mingardo and Maria Radner (contraltos), Nickolai Schukoff (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale of Santa Cecilia and the China National Chorus, Ciro Visco and Vijay Upadhyaya (chorus masters), Antonio Pappano (conductor), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome 23.10.2011 (JB)