United States Aspen Music Festival X: American String Quartet wows with Beethoven Op. 130; a Weilerstein family recital emphasizes the “chamber” in chamber music; McDuffie and Spano make Brahms sing; and the Percussion Ensemble rattles the walls of Harris Hall. 3.8.2012 (HS)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Trumpeter Cassone Dazzles with his Virtuosity
Australia Haydn, Gluck, Hummel: Gabriele Cassone (keyed trumpet), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra / Paul Dyer (conductor), City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, 25.7.12. (ZT)
Tumultuous, Technicolour Turangalîla in Birmingham
United Kingdom Varèse, Muhly, Messiaen: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 1.8.2012 (JQ)
Beethoven and Liszt: a Curate’s Egg.
India Beethoven, Liszt: Maciej Pikulski (piano), Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, 1.8.2012 (JSM)
MM 1:Mostly Mozart Festival Opens with…Mozart
United States MM 1: Mostly Mozart Opening Night. Nelson Freire (piano), Lawrence Brownlee, (tenor), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 31.7.2012 (SSM)
Superb Baroque Entertainment and Education at Vattnäs
Sweden Barock’n Roll. Maria Forsström (contralto), Magnus Karlberg (counter tenor), Louise Agnani (baroque cello), Janniz Jönsson (harpsichord). Vattnäs Concert Barn, Vattnäs, Dalecarlia, Sweden. 25.7.2012 (GF)
Rarities and Humour at Buxton G&S Festival Promenade Concert
United Kingdom Monkton, Sullivan, Elgar, Parry: Soloists, Chorus and Buxton Festival Orchestra / Timothy Henty (conductor), Opera House, Buxton, 29.7.2012. (RJW)
Prom 22: Noseda’s Impressive Mahler Seventh at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 22: Mozart, Knussen and Mahler: Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2012. (JPr)