United Kingdom Beethoven, Zimmermann: Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 31.10.2014 (PCG)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Dance Performance Disappoints Despite Impressive Setting
United Kingdom Various Composers, Siena: La Veronal, Southbank Centre, London, 30.10.2014 (J.O’D)
Eardrums Battered by Caracas Youth Orchestra
Switzerland Revueltas, Castellanos, Shostakovich Youth Orchestra of Caracas, Dietrich Paredes (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 31.10.14 (JR)
Puck at the Piano
Italy Mozart, Schumann, Villa-Lobos, Oswald, Chopin Pablo Rossi (piano). Sala Palestrina, Palazzo Pamphilj, Brazilian Embassy, Rome. 30.10.2014 (JB)
More Heterogeneous Programming from Cornelius Meister
Austria Haydn, J. M. Staud, R. Strauss, Schoenberg: Cornelius Meister (conductor), Midori (soloist), Thomas Quasthoff (narrator), ORF RSO Wien, Men of the Wiener Singakademie. Großer Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 17.10.2014 (SS)
Uchida, Haitink and the LSO Exceed Even the Highest Expectations
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 30.10.2014 (MB)
Violinist Joseph Lin Starts Next Generation Juilliard Quartet
United States Webern, Berg, Schubert: Juilliard String Quartet, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 27.10.2014 (SSM)
Old-School Brahms from Walter Weller
United Kingdom Richard Strauss and Brahms. Eduardo Vassallo (cello), Christopher Yates (viola), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 30.10.2014 (JQ)