United States Lutoslawski, Chopin and Brahms/Schoenberg: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Wrocƚaw Philharmonic Orchestra (Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor), Cerritos Performing Arts Center, Cerritos (California), 2.25.2012 (LV)
Concert Reviews
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Sparkling Beethoven and Glorious Haydn from Canton Symphony
United States Beethoven, Haydn: Tessa Grindle-de Graaf (soprano), Sandra Ross (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Krumreig (tenor), Brian Keith Johnson (baritone), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA), 26.2.2012 (TW)
Young Scottish Musicians Delight the Cumbrians with their Bruch and Dvořák
United Kingdom Mozart, Dvořák, Bruch, Dvořák: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Hallé Orchestra/Rory Macdonald (conductor); Westmorland Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, 25.Feb.2012(MC)
And Then the Earth Shook and Trembled: Rattle, the BPO and Bruckner’s Ninth
United States A. Bruckner: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York 24.2.2012 (SSM)
RSNO’s Franco-Scottish Concert Fails to Impress
United Kingdom Berlioz, Canteloube, Franck: Lisa Milne (soprano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Fabien Gabel (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.2.2012 (SRT)
Orchestra from Shakespeare’s Home Town Displays Swan-Like Qualities
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Mozart: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Orchestra of the Swan / David Curtis (conductor, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 24.Feb.2011. (RJ)
Bring Your Overcoat for This Winterreise
Italy Schubert, Die Winterreise: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Sinopoli, Rome, 24.2.2012 (JB)
Time Travels with the HMS Pinafore
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, HMS Pinafore: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (MUGSS), Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 22.2.2012 (RJW)