Concert Reviews – Page 1196 – Seen and Heard International

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (15) – The ‘Philadelphia Sound’ is as good as ever

21/07/202131/08/2011 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Stravinsky, Ravel, Rachmaninov : Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Usher Hall, 30.8.2011. (SRT)

Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 15 ) – Chamber Concert • Beethoven, Ives

21/07/202130/08/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

Austria Austria Ives, Beethoven: Zehetmair Quartet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Grand Concert Hall, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 15.8.2011 (JFL)

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (14) – Hillborg and Mozart from Zinman and the Tonhalle

21/07/202130/08/2011 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (14) – Hillborg, Mozart, Dvořák : Maria João Pires (piano) Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor). Usher Hall, 29.8.2011. (SRT)

Salzburg Festival 2011 – Franz Welser-Möst not quite at his best for Zemlinsky

10/09/201130/08/2011 by Stan

Austria Austria Salzburg Festival 2011 – Schubert/Mahler and Zemlinsky: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2011 (MB)

An opera grows in Brooklyn – A bucolic La Calisto at Proteus Gowanus

05/09/201130/08/2011 by Stan

United States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists; Rachel Evans, Joan Plana Nadal (Baroque violins); Richard Kold, Theorbo, Motomi Igarashi (Viola da gamba and lirone); Judith Barnes (director); Jennifer Peterson (conductor and harpsichord); The VPR Chorus; Vertical Player Repertory. Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York. 10.8.2011 (GG)

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (15) – The ‘Philadelphia Sound’ is as good as ever

Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 15 ) – Chamber Concert • Beethoven, Ives

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (14) – Hillborg and Mozart from Zinman and the Tonhalle

Salzburg Festival 2011 – Franz Welser-Möst not quite at his best for Zemlinsky

An opera grows in Brooklyn – A bucolic La Calisto at Proteus Gowanus

Prom 56 – Though compelling, Mahler’s Sixth lacks the last degree of impact at the Proms

Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” at New York’s Lincoln Center

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (13) – Fantastic musical values but poor staging in Rossini’s Semiramide