United States Aspen Music Festival (10): Shakespeare songs, pianist Inon Barnatan plays Scarlatti, David Robertson conducts Appalachian Spring. 11.8.2011 (HS)
International Concerts
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Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 7 ) – The Fifth Continent: Continū + Salzburg Media Productions
Austria Sasha Waltz, “Continu”: Sasha Waltz & Guests (performers), Felsenreitschule Salzburg, Salzburg, 7.8.2011 (JFL)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 6 ) – Mozart Matinee, Julia Fischer
Austria Mozart: Julia Fischer (violin), Ivor Bolton (conductor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Mozarteum Large Hall, Salzburg, 7.8.2011 (JFL)
Lincoln Center Festival 2011 – Bruckner (R)evolution
United States Lincoln Center Festival 2011 – Bruckner (R)evolution : Leila Josefowicz (violin), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), The Cleveland Orchestra. Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 13-17.7.2011 (BH)
Olympic Music Festival 2011 – Greater and Lesser Works Realized with Equally Compelling Musicianship
United States Beethoven, Dvořák, and Brahms, et al: Paul Hersh (piano), Teddy Abrams (clarinet), Amy Barston (cello), Megumi Stohs (violin), Alan Iglitzin (viola); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA. 6.8.2010 (BJ)
Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 4 ) – Grigory Sokolov
Austria Bach, Schumann: Grigori Sokolov (piano), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 5.8.2011. (JFL)
Bodies that Sing: An Imaginative Re-creation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (2):Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor and Director), RoseTheater, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.8.2011 (SSM)
With Koopman to Haydn Victory: Season Finale for the Munich Philharmonic
Germany Haydn, Mozart, Bach: Munich Philharmonic, Ton Koopman (conductor), Klaus Mertens (baritone), Lisa Larsson (soprano), Bogna Bartosz (mezzo), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Philharmonie, Munich, 12.7.2011 (JFL)