Purcell, Dowland, Handel, Johnson, Campion, Haydn, Brahms, and Anon: Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Tamar Halperin (harpsichord, piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.6.2011 (MB)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Weber/Berlioz, Beethoven and Stravinsky from the RPO
Weber/Berlioz, Beethoven, Stravinsky : Nikolai Lugansky (Piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Conductor), Royal Festival Hall 8.6.2011 (RBB)
NYPO offer a Beethoven Bon-bon, some Sebastian Currier Caffeine and a Dollop of Brucknerian Schlag
Beethoven, Sebastian Currier, Bruckner : Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, New York, 2.6.2011 (SSM)
BBC NOW’s Swansea season closes with Isabelle Faust
Schubert, Sibelius and Brahms: Isabelle Faust (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor) Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 4.6.2011 (GPu)
Marc-Andre Hamelin at New York’s Zankel Hall
Haydn, Schumann, Wolpe, Fauré, Liszt : Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Zankel Hall, New York, 11.5.2011 (BH)
New York’s MATA Festival 2011, “A Burst of Blinding Clarity”
MATA Festival 2011, “A Burst of Blinding Clarity” : Mary Mackenzie (soprano), Luca Piovesan (accordion), Doug and Brad Balliett (narrators), Andrew Cyr (conductor), Metropolis Ensemble, (Le) Poisson Rouge), New York, 12.5.2011 (BH)
Two celebrations of Samuel Jones by the Seattle Symphony
Jones, Liszt, Shostakovich, and Schoenfield : Gerard Schwarz (conductor), William Wolfram (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.6.2011; Samuel Jones Celebration: Members of the Seattle Symphony and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.6.2010 (BJ)
Mahler’s Ninth with Haitink and the Chicago Symphony
Mahler’s Ninth Symphony : Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 4.6.2011 (JLZ)