United Kingdom Debussy, Respighi, Szymanowski and Elgar: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 26.5.2015 (CS)
Concert Reviews
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David Stern with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
China Bloch, Mahler: Noah Brieger (baritone), Rao Lan (soprano), International Festival Chorus, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, David Stern (conductor), Shanghai Symphony Hall, 23.05.2015 (RP)
Epic Concert Features Brahms’ Rinaldo and Liszt’s Faust Symphony
Germany Brahms, Liszt: Johan Botha (tenor), Herren des Sächsischen Staatsopernchores, Dresdner Philharmonie/Bertrand de Billy, (conductor), Albertinum (Lichthof), 25.5.2015. (MC)
Photo: Marco Borggreve
Gripping Performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra in Dresden
Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2015 – Nico Muhly, Grieg & Tchaikovsky: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin, (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden, 24.5.2015. (MC) Nico Muhly: ‘Mixed Messages’ Grieg: Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 … Read more
Having a Ball: Rossini’s La Cenerentola Returns to Gothenburg
Sweden Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola Soloists, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra and male chorus, dancers, Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), Gothenburg Opera main stage, 14.5.2015 (NS)
A Fresh Look at Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
United States Samuel Adams, Mozart, Bartók: Alexander Barantschik (violin), Jonathan Vinocour (viola), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 22.5.2015 (HS)
Peter Pan Joins Canon of Opera’s Mythic Narratives with Mixed Results
United Kingdom Ayres, Peter Pan: (Company Premiere) Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera / Erik Nielsen (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.5.2015 (GPu)
The Imaginative Richness of Christian Tetzlaff’s Beethoven: Exciting and Memorable
United Kingdom Beethoven and Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Sally Matthews (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), , London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2015 (CS)