United States Beethoven, Mozart, Prokofiev, and Schoenfield: Julio Elizalde (piano); Jessica Lee (violin); Alan Iglitzin (viola); Patrick Jee (cello); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 19/8/2012 (BJ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Buxton G&S Festival: A Rare Outing for The Grand Duke Reveals its Strengths
United Kingdom Gilbert and Sullivan, The Grand Duke, G&S Opera Company and Buxton Festival Orchestra / David Steadman (conductor), Buxton Opera House, 17-18.8.2012 (RJW)
MM 7: One Step Back to Brahms
United States MM 7 Mozart, Schubert, Brahms: Joshua Bell (violin), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 17-18.8.2012 (SSM)
Aspen XIII: Harbison’s “Gatsby,” Superb Thibaudet, Brilliant Copland
United States Aspen Music Festival (XIII): Harbison’s The Great Gatsby in reduced orchestration; Thibaudet entrances with superb Debussy; Pro Arte settles down with Schubert; and a brilliant Copland Sextet 13-16.2012 (HS)
MM 4: Schubert’s “Real” Unfinished Symphony
United States MM 4: Schubert/Berio, Beethoven Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.8.2012, (SSM)
Prom 43. Dutoit’s Delius and Saint-Saëns Outshine his Tchaikovksy
United Kingdom Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.12 (GD)
Prom 45: Brazilians’ Exciting Debut at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 45: Nelson Freire (piano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London 15.8.2012 (RB)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 7
Austria Mozart, Carter, Holliger, Friedrichsohn, Schumann: Heinz Holliger (oboe), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola), Kuba Jakowicz (violin), Ursula Smith (cello), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 13.8.2012 (JFL)