The Prince Consort Visit Regency Cheltenham
10/07/2012
United Kingdom Love Songs from The Prince Consort: Cheltenham Music Festival. Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham. 10.7.2012 (JQ) Read more
Striggio’s Polychoral Splendour in Tewkesbury Abbey
10/07/2012
United Kingdom Striggio, Tallis et al.: Cheltenham Music Festival, Tewkesbury Abbey, 9.7.2012 (JQ) Read more
Duo TwoSense Afloat Again
10/07/2012
United States Janáček, Martin Bresnick, Samuel Carl Adams: TwoSense (Ashley Bathgate, cello and Lisa Moore, piano), Karen Bentley Pollick (violin), Courtney Orlando (violin), Bargemusic, New York City, 20.6.2012 (BH) Read more
Ligeti Trumps Beethoven in Season Closer
10/07/2012
United States Ligeti, Beethoven: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 29.6.2012 (WA) Read more
Baroque Music from Bolivia at Cheltenham 2012
10/07/2012
United Kingdom Brentner, De Araujo, Zipoli, Bassani, Balbi: Florilegium, Arakaendar Bolivia Choir /Ashley Solomon (conductor), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2012. (RJ) Read more
Aspen III: Kick-starting Mahler and a Luminous Verklärte Nacht
10/07/2012
United States Aspen Music Festival (3): Feltsman wrestles with Beethoven’s “Emperor” and Glover mesmerizes with Mozart; a luminous Verklärte Nacht; Daniel Hope tackles Prokofiev, Søndergård kick-starts Mahler 1. 9.7.2012 (HS) Read more
Aspen II: Modern Baroque and Original Copland
10/07/2012
United States Aspen Music Festival (2): David Finckel-Wu Han program explores audience responses, Anton Nel plays MacDowell concerto, McGegan leads Baroque with modern instruments, and Copland’s Quiet City impresses in its original instrumentation. 6.7.2012 (HS) Read more
Aspen I: Spano, McGegan and a Parade of Pianists
10/07/2012
United States Aspen Music Festival 2012 (1): On opening weekend, Spano leads energetic Gershwin and Bartók, McGegan makes Beethoven and Mendelssohn dance, and a series of pianists take on Gershwin, Mendelssohn, Wyner, Lutoslawski, Bolcom and, finally, Rachmaninoff. 1.7.2012 (HS) Read more