Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Vasquez (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.6.2011 (GD)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
BBC Young Generation Artist Piemontese impresses with Debussy and Schumann
City of London Festival 2011 – Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). St Mary Abchurch, London, 6.7.2011 (MB)
Mumbles Symphony Orchestra begins to make its mark
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Glazunov, Bizet: Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Kristine Balanas (violin), David John,(conductor), 2.7.2011 (NHR)
Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – A menacing Boesch and a demented Spence stun audiences
Loewe, Schubert, Mahler : Florian Boesch (baritone) with Roger Vignoles, Pittville Pump Room, 30.6.2011 (RJ)
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Schumann, Janáček : Toby Spence (tenor), Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano) with Julian Milford (piano). Pittville Pump Room, 3.7.2011 (RJ)
An American Celebration at the Olympic Music Festival
An American Celebration – Cohan, Michel, Walker , Ives, Friedrich, Bernstein, Hawkins, Cannon, Sousa, and trad: Mosaic Brass Quintet; Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 4.7.2010 (BJ)
In New York, Two Quartets with Premieres and Sounds from Far North
Arctic Sounds : Mivos Quartet, Redshift, Kathy Turco (recorded sounds), Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 29.6.2011 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival 2011 – The Opening Weekend
Aspen Music Festival (1): McGegan, Rhys have fun with Mendelssohn; Marsalis brings Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Aspen; Feltsman plays Rachmaninov 2. 4.7.2011 (HS)
Das Lied von der Erde at Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival
Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Grant Park Music Festival: Grant Park Orchestra, Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago, 2.7.2011 (JLZ).