Brahms and Schoenberg: Jerusalem Quartet and friends (Alexander Pavolovsky, Sergei Bresler (violins) Ori Kam, Yuri Zhislin (violas) Kyril Zlotnikov, Adrian Brendel (violoncelli)). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.5.2011 (MB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Vladimir Ashkenazy Extends His Stay with the Sydney Symphony.
Vladimir Ashkenazy extends his stay with the Sydney Symphony. 5.5.2011 (TP)
Resurrecting Mahler: San Francisco Symphony Perform Mahler’s Second and Ninth Symphonies
Mahler, Symphonies 9 and 2: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7-8.5.2011 (HS)
Father and Son: Walter Weller conducts an André Christen work with BBCNOW
Christen, Prokofiev, Dvořák: John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Walter Weller (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 7 .5.2011 (NHR)
Leif Segerstam and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra
Berlioz, Britten, Sibelius, Respighi: Pia Segerstam (cello), London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor). Barbican Hall 27.4.2011 (KC)
The Center Can Hold: Strong Strauss Surrounded By Weaker Works
Villa-Lobos, Strauss, and Prokofiev: Seattle Symphony musicians and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2011 (BJ)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra visits Manchester
Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Alexei Stepanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 04.05.2011 (MC)
Maazel and the Philharmonia in Mahler’s Fifth and Das Knaben Wunderhorn
Mahler: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.5.2011 (CG)