Mahler and Judith Weir: The National Youth Choir of Scotland, Quay Voices and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 24.4.2011 (JPr)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
An Outstanding Traversal Of ‘The Art of Fugue’
Bach, The Art of Fugue: Konstantin Lifschitz (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 28.4.2011 (MB)
Sondheim’s ‘Company’ in New York
Stephen Sondheim, “Company” : Paul Gemignani (conductor), Lonny Price (director), Josh Rhodes (choreographer), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 8.4.2011 (BH)
Bach’s St John Passion in Leipzig
Bach, St John Passion (1749 version): Sibylla Rubens (soprano),Marie-Claude Chappuis (contralto), Johannes Chum (Evangelist and tenor arias), Stephan Loges (Christ), Hans-Christoph Begemann (bass arias), Choir of St Thomas’s, Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Gotthold Schwarz (conductor). St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, 21.4.2011 (MB)
More Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet
Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Martin Fröst (clarinet), Kenneth Sillito (director). King’s Place, London.13.4.2011 (KC)
Abbado and Argerich play Debussy and Ravel for President Giorgio Napolitano
Debussy, Ravel: Orchestra Mozart and Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 21.4.2011. (JB)
Yevgeny Sudbin plays Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel
Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt, and Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2011 (BJ)
A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell – Early Music in Seattle
A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell : Early Music Guild, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Seattle Theatre Group, Stephen Stubbs (music director), Theodore Deacon (producer and artistic director), Roberta Russell (set designer), Carl Bronsdon (costume designer), Moore Theatre, Seattle, 17.4.2011 (BJ)