United States “Vocal Triple Bill”: The Ascoli Ensemble, Ergodos Musicians, Ekmeles. Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, 6.10.2011 (BH)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Reich and the Kronos Quartet: A Fruitful Partnership
United States Reich: Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins Hank Dutt, viola; Jeffrey Ziegler, cello), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 10.9.2011 (HS)
Powerful Playing from Eric le Sage Works Better for Beethoven and Schumann than for Debussy in Istanbul
TurkeyDebussy, Beethoven, Schumann: Eric Le Sage (piano) at Sakip Sabanci Museum ‘The Seed’, Istanbul 7.10.2011 (AM)
Liszt Ablaze, Stravinsky Explosive in Canton Symphony Season Opener
United States Brouwer, Liszt, Stravinsky: Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Martina Filjak (piano), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 9.10.11 (TW)
NSO, North by Northeast
United States Mussorgsky, Sibelius, Liadov, Nielsen: Gidon Kremer (violin), John Storgårds (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 9.10.2011 (RRR)
He Called For His Fiddlers Three, and Did They Fiddle: Juilliard Baroque Perform Early Music
United States Juilliard Baroque’s “The Three Fiddlers”: Monica Huggett, Cynthia Roberts, Robert Mealy (violins), Phoebe Carrai (cello), Avi Stein (harpsichord), Paul Hall, Juilliard School of Music, New York,27-9-2011 (SSM)
Pieces of the Eighth as Maazel Ends His 2011 London Mahler Cycle
United Kingdom Mahler: Symphony No.8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Sally Matthews (soprano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone) and Stephen Gadd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus,BBC Symphony Chorus, Boys of the Eton College Chapel Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel. Royal Festival Hall,London, 9.10.2011. (JPr)
Liszt Discovery Day at the Wigmore Hall: Rather a Missed Opportunity
United Kingdom Liszt Discovery Day: Eva Thorarinsdottir (violin), Joris van den Berg (cello), Tristan Lee, Coady Green, Leslie Howard, Bobby Chen (piano),BBC Singers, David Hill (conductor). Wigmore Hall,London. 8.10.2011 (MB)