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)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
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)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 6
Austria Berg, Schubert, B.A.Zimmermann: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Ulrich Matthes, Peter Stein (speakers), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), NDR Symphony Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL)
EIF 9: Intelligent Programming from the Remarkable Andsnes
United Kingdom Beethoven, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16.8.2012. (SRT)
EIF 8: Shimmering Orchestral Playing in WNO’s Tristan und Isolde
United Kingdom Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (concert performance), Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 15.8.2012 (SRT)