United States Verdi, Requiem: Grant Park Orchestra, William G. Spaulding (Guest Chorus Director), Amber Wagner (soprano), Michaela Martens (mezzo soprano), Michael Fabiano (tenor), Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone), Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, 20.8.2011 (JLZ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Edinburgh Fringe Festival (5) – Llŷr Williams’ invigorating and awe-inpiring “Waldstein”
United Kingdom Beethoven Concert Series at Greyfriars Kirk (5) : Llŷr Williams (piano), Greyfriars Kirk, 22.8.2011 (SRT)
Poetic Inspiration: A Poet Tackles Mozart at the Mostly Mozart Festival
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (5): Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (Conductor), Juho Pohjonen (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 17.8.2011 (SSM)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 11 ) – Beethoven
Austria Beethoven: Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Viktoria Mullova (violin), Grand Concert Hall Mozarteum, Salzburg, 11.8.2011 (JFL)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (8) – Sensual Duparc and monochrome Schumann from Sophie Koch
United Kingdom Sopie Koch sings Schumann, Liszt, Debussy and Duparc : Sophie Koch (mezzo), Sophie Raynaud (piano). Queen’s Hall, 22.08.2011. (SRT)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 10 ) – Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg
Austria Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Mark Steinberg (violin, viola), Clemens Hagen (cello), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Barbara Sukowa (speaker), Marina Piccinini (flute), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Haus für Mozart, Salzburg, 10.8.2011 (JFL)
Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (7) – Toshio Hosokawa impresses with his new work
United Kingdom Ravel, Hosokawa, Duruflé : Sophie Koch (mezzo), Simon Keenlyside (bar), National Youth Choir of Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor) Usher Hall, 21.8.2011. (SRT)
Aspen Music Festival (13) – A fully staged West Side Story, recitals by Meyer and Chang,Ravel’s Piano Trio and some Messiaen
United States Aspen Music Festival (13): Recitals by Edgar Meyer (bass) and Sarah Chang (violin), Steven Osborne and friends play Ravel’s Piano Trio, Opera Theater does West Side Story. 19.8.2011 (HS)