New Zealand Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Monti, Tchaikovsky: Richard Chen (violin), Laurence McFarlane (percussion), Auckland Youth Orchestra, Antun Poljanich (conductor); Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand, 27.07.2013 [Pse]
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PROM 27: The RNSO’s Substantial Prom Includes an Important Première
United Kingdom Prom 27: Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2013 (RB)
New Generation of G&S Performers Takes to the Stage
United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Pirates of Penzance: Youth Production/Rosamond Savournin (conductor), John Savournin (director); Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, 3.8.2013 (RJW)
Photo credit: Charles Smith
From the Salzburg Festival IV (Birtwistle’s ‘Trading Places”)
Austria Birtwistle: Claron McFadden (soprano), Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Klangforum Wien, University Church, Salzburg, 31.7.2013 (JFL)
An Excellent, Moving Gerontius at the Three Choirs Festival
United Kingdom Wagner, Elgar: Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass-baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 3.8.2013 (JQ)
High Drama and Great Singing in Belshazzar’s Feast
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Walton: Njabulo Madlala (baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor), Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 2.8.2013 (RJ)
Mostly Mozart Opening Concert: Flourishing Again
United States Mostly Mozart (1) Beethoven, Mozart: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Efflam, Bavouzet (piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, 30.7.2013 (SSM)
Gloucester Commemorates Hindemith Anniversary with Das Marienleben
Hindemith: Das Marienleben: Der-Shin Hwang (soprano), James D’Angelo (piano), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 31.7.2013 (RD) The composition of Paul Hindemith’s song cycle Das Marienleben exercised the composer for a quarter of a century. Perhaps the times influenced his take on it. He began it in 1923 in a cash-strapped but optimistic Weimar … Read more