United States The Stars of Lyric Opera 2012: Susanna Phillips (soprano), René Barbera (tenor), Cecelia Hall (mezzo soprano), Bernard Holcomb (tenor), Will Liverman (baritone), David Govertsen (bass-baritone), Christine Goerke (soprano), Amber Wagner (soprano), J’nai Bridges (soprano), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor), Joseph Lim (baritone), Kiri Deonarine (soprano), Tracy Cantin (soprano), Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, Martin Wright (chorus master), Stephen Lord (conductor), Millennium Park (Chicago), 8.9.2012 (JLZ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
For Two Pianos: Marksmanship, Pizzazz and Whiplash Frenzy
United States Brahms, Stravinsky, Bernstein, and Ravel: Julio Elizalde and Michael Brown (pianos); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 1.9.2012 (BJ)
Musikfest Berlin 2012: A Magnificent Evening with Metzmacher and the Berlin Phil
Germany Gershwin, Ives, Antheil and Bernstein: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ernst Senff Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Ingo Metzmacher, Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.9.2012 (MC)
Partying in the Park to Mark End of the Proms
United Kingdom Kylie Minogue, Il Divo, Alfie Boe, London Community Gospel Choir and other artists, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Richard Balcombe, Simon Chalk and Cliff Masterson (conductors), Hyde Park, London 8.9.2012 (JPr)
Musikfest Berlin 2012[3]: Sokhiev and DSO Put On an Exciting Concert
Germany Stravinsky, Copland, Bolcom, Barber, Gershwin, Weill, Bernstein and Rachmaninov: Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Deutsches-Symphonie Orchester Berlin / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 7.9.2012. (MC)
Mahler Munich Philharmonic: Maazel – a Different View from Lucerne
Switzerland Mahler: Lucerne Festival, Munich Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne 9.9.2012 (JR)
BBC Proms: A Bit of Everything on the Last Night
United KingdomSimpson, Suk, Delius, Bruch, Puccini, Williams, Dvořák, Elgar, Parry, Wood et al: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Joseph Calleja (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London 8.9.12 (GDn)
Musikfest Berlin 2012[3]: Unfamiliar American Music from LSO and Tilson Thomas
Germany Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman and Charles Ives: Emanuel Ax (piano), Ernst Senff Choir, London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas, Philharmonie, Berlin, 6.9.2012 (MC)