United Kingdom Wagner, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.11.2014 (CS)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Intersection of Three Lives Described in Music, Art and Narration
United Kingdom Philippe Sands, A Song of Good and Evil: Vanessa Redgrave and Philippe Sands (narrators), Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone), Guillaume de Chassy (piano), Nina Brazier (director). Purcell Room, London, 29.11.2014 (MB)
Brussels Philharmonic are Successful Musical Chameleons
United Kingdom Borodin, Rodrigo, Saint-Saëns: Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), Oliver Condy (organ), Brussels Philharmonic, Michel Tabachnik (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.11.2014 (SRT)
Something Borrowed? Maybe, But It’s Not Blue
United States Beethoven, Golijov, Haydn: St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, Mark Fewer, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley. 23.11.14 (HS)
Playing Better Suited to Stravinsky than to Brahms
United States Respighi, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Juliette Kang (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.11.2014 (BJ)
More Memorable Mendelssohn, from the Johannes Quartet
United States Mendelssohn, Bartók, and Dvořák: Johannes Quartet, Harold Robinson (double bass), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.11.2014 (BJ)
Concertgebouw & Ticciati: Terrific Playing, Average Concert
Austria Fauré, Berlioz, Ravel, Debussy: Robin Ticciati (conductor), Vesselina Kasarova (soloist), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 18.11.2014 (SS)
Gruber and Kirchschlager Back Together for Weill
Austria Milhaud, Weill: HK Gruber (conductor), Angelika Kirchschlager (soloist), amarcord (vocal ensemble), Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 17.11.2014 (SS)