United States Mostly Mozart 3: Mozart, Bach, Mendelssohn: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), François Leleux (oboe), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 5.8.2012 (SSM)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Aspen XI: Potent Dvořák Cello Concerto, Spano as Quarterback
United States Aspen Music Festival (XI): Denk dashes off Schoenberg concerto, Isbin shows pluck, Weilersteins wow in Dvorak and Shostakovich. 6.8.2012 (HS)
Notes from the Salzburg Festival – 1
Austria Strauss, Beethoven, Bartók: Radu Lupu (piano), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 6.8.2012 (JFL)
MM 2: What a Difference an Orchestra Makes
United States Mostly Mozart 2: Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 2.8.2012
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 3 in E-fIat major (“Eroica”)
Beethoven, Haydn: Christiane Karg (soprano), Julie Boulianne (soprano),Toby Spence (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 3.8.2012, (SSM)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Haydn: Missa (“Nelson Mass”)
New Talent in Mozart’s Impresario at Edinburgh
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012 (1) – Mozart, The Impresario: Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman, Paradise in Augustine’s (Venue 152) 5.8.2012 (ST)
Gergiev’s Munich Shostakovich – Symphonies 11 & 15
Germany Shostakovich: Munich Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich, 19.7.2012 (JFL)
Munich Opera Festival: Garanča’s Liederabend
Germany R.Schumann, A. Berg, R.Strauss: Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Roger Vignoles, National Theater, Munich, 25.7.2012 (JMI)
Proms 27: Fine Bruckner from Scotland at The Proms
United Kingdom BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.8.2012 (CC)