United States Here and Now Festival: Soloists, Bargemusic, New York City. 2.9.2017. (DS)
Festivals
Outstanding Schoenberg and Mahler’s Fascinating Take on Beethoven at Musikfest Berlin
Germany Musikfest Berlin [8] – Yun, Schoenberg, Nono, and Beethoven-Mahler: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Max Hopp (speaker: Fučik), Sven Philipp (speaker: Officer), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 17.9.2017. (MB)
A Welcome Centenary Tribute to Isang Yun at Musikfest Berlin
United Kingdom Musikfest Berlin [7] – Isang Yun 100 Chamber Concert: Martin Glück, Fang-Yu Chung, Laura Schreyer, Ziangchen Ji, Roswitha Staega (flutes), Birgit Schmieder (oboe), Clemens Linder, Sunyung Hwang (violin), Adele Bitter (cello), Holger Groschapp (piano). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 17.9.2017. (MB)
A Day of Monteverdian Delights in Berlin
Germany Musikfest Berlin [6] – Monteverdi, Rossi, Marini, and Plainsong: Dorothee Mields, Hannah Morrison (sopranos), Thomas Hobbs, Andrew Staples, Volker Arndt (tenors), Andrew Redmond, Stefan Dreximeier (basses), RIAS Chamber Choir, Capella de la Torre/Justin Doyle (conductor). St Hedwig’s Cathedral and Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 16.9.2017 (MB)
The ‘Spirit of the Dance’ in Butt’s Goldberg Variations at Lammermuir
United Kingdom Lammermuir Festival 2017 – Bach, Howells, Schubert: John Butt (harpsichord), Hebrides Ensemble, Humbie Kirk, Humbie; Hebrides Ensemble, Dirleton Kirk, Dirleton, 16.9.2017. (SRT)
Musikfest Berlin Offers a Timely Chance to Hear Nono’s Il canto sospeso
Germany Musikfest Berlin [5] – Schumann, Andre, Marenzio, Vicentino, and Nono: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Laura Aikin (soprano), Jenny Carlstedt (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker, Joachim Haas, and Sven Kestel (sound design), SWR Vocal Ensemble (chorus master: Michael Alber), SWR Symphony Orchestra / Peter Rundel (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 11.9.2017. (MB)
Lucerne Festival [4]: Festival Ends With Superlative Mahler 6 from Harding and the Vienna Phil
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [4[ – Debussy, Mahler: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 10.9.2017. (JR)
Recent Music in Abundance from the Members of Ensemble Musikfabrik
Germany Musikfest Berlin [4] – Aperghis, Lim, Schöllhorn, Baltakas, Zorn, Saunders, and Poppe: Members of Ensemble Musikfabrik (Carl Rosman (clarinet), Melvyn Poore (euphonium), Dirk Wietheger (cello), Alban Wesly (bassoon), Marco Blaauw (trumpet), Florentin Ginot (double bass), Hannah Weirich (violin), Ulrich Löffler and Benjamin Kobler (piano), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Helen Bledsoe (flute)). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, 10.9.2017. (MB)