Chick Corea’s San Francisco recital links classical and jazz
15/11/2019
United States From Mozart to Monk: Chick Corea (piano), presented by San Francisco Symphony Great Performers, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 10.11.2019. (HS)
Chick Corea (c) Toshi Sakurai
Outstanding Saint-Saëns Third Violin Concerto from Lisa Batiashvili brings special pleasure in Berlin
14/11/2019
Germany Saint-Saëns: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Christian Schmitt (organ), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 12.11.2019. (MB)
Lisa Batiashvili
Renato Balsadonna conducts Opera North’s La bohème empathetically, but time this production was retired
14/11/2019
United Kingdom Puccini, La bohème: Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North / Renato Balsadonna (conductor). The Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays. 12.11.2019. (RJF)
Eleazar Rodriguez (Rodolfo) & Lauren Fagan (Mimì) (c) Richard Hubert Smith
Inspiration and unpredictability from Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt
14/11/2019
United Kingdom Lutosławski, Beethoven, Kurtág, Franck: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Lars Vogt (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 12.11.2019. (CS)
Christian Tetzlaff (c) Giorgia Bertazzi
In New York, expert vocalists and a string quartet in Rihm premiere
14/11/2019
United States Rihm: Hannah Harnest (piano), Sophie Delphis (mezzo-soprano), Abigel Kralik (violin), Julian Schwarz (cello), Mivos Quartet, Ekmeles, Cary Hall at the DiMenna Center, New York City, 19.10.2019. (DS)
Mivros Quartet and Ekmeles (c) David Bird
In Philadelphia, a Beethoven Violin Concerto that challenged the greatest of the past half-century
14/11/2019
United States Beethoven: Francisco Fullana (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia / Dirk Brossé (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 4.11.2019 (BJ)
Francisco Fullana (c) Felix Broede
Doña Francisquita – nicely sung zarzuela on stage at Barcelona’s Liceu
13/11/2019
Spain Amadeo Vives, Doña Francisquita: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Óliver Díaz (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 11 & 12.11.2019. (JMI)
Doña Francisquita (c) A. Bofill
Vasily Petrenko’s Carnegie Hall debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
13/11/2019
United States Weber, Mozart, Shostakovich: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.11.2019. (RP)
Vasily Petrenko (conductor) with the BRSO © Richard Termine
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