Sweden Haglund and Shostakovich: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, David Afkham (conductor), Ernst Simon Glaser (cello), Gothenburg Concert Hall, 13.9.2012 (NS)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
A Variable Start to the LSO’s New Season
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Brahms. Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 22.9.2012 (CG)
Alice Coote’s Centenary Tribute to Kathleen Ferrier
United Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler: A Wigmore Hall Ferrier Centenary Celebration Concert Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.9.2012 (JPr)
The Beatitudes in Coventry Cathedral – 50 Years Late!
United Kingdom Schoenberg, Beethoven, Bliss: Orla Boylan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Omar Ebrahim (narrator), Jonathan Scott (organ), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor). Coventry Cathedral, 22.9. 2012 (JQ)
WNO’s Jephtha Appeals to Mind and Heart Alike in its Cardiff Revival
United Kingdom Handel, Jephtha: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Paul Goodwin (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 22.9.2012 (GPu)
Spoiled Beethoven and Strauss from the Tonhalle
Switzerland Beethoven. R. Strauss: Marc-André Hamelin, Tonhalle Orchester, David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 20.9.2012 (JR)
Leonskaya Plays Schubert with Finesse and Sensibility.
United Kingdom Schubert: Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 18.9.2012 (GD)
Seattle Symphony Opening Night—Festivities, But No Tchaikovsky
United States Smith, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.9.2012 (BJ)