United Kingdom London Song Festival 2013: The Complete Songs of Richard Wagner, in celebration of his bicentenary, Elisabeth Meister (soprano), Matthew Hargreaves (bass-baritone), Nigel Foster (piano), members of the London Voices, St Paul’s, Covent Garden Piazza, London 23.5.2013. (JPr)
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English Music Triumphant in Premiere and Revival at Dorchester on Thames
United Kingdom Parry, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walford Davies: BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, 24.5.2013
Orchestral Showpieces from Søndergård and RSNO
United Kingdom Dvořák, Stravinsky : Truls Mørk (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.05.2013 (SRT)
Salzburg, Stravinsky: Dancing for the Daft
Austria I. Stravinsky, Le sacre et al.: Soloists, Mariinsky Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 19.5.2013 (JFL)
An Intelligent and Powerful Lohengrin WNO Can Be Proud of
United Kingdom Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Lothar Koenigs (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 23.05.2013. Premiere. (GPu)
Hamelin, Robertson Pull Their Punches
United States Carter, Ravel, Gershwin Marc-André Hamelin (piano), San Francisco Symphony, David Robertson (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2013 (HS)
Re-enacting Siegfried Idyll in Schloss Albrechtsberger
Germany Wagner: Stephanie Atanasov (mezzo-soprano), Players of the Dresdner Philharmonie, Schloss Albrechtsberger, Dresden, Germany, 22.5.2013. (MC)
Suite Fifteen: Winners of the 2012 Competition Open “Bach Week” at the Montreal Festival
Canada Bach: Montreal Chamber Music Festival, St. George’s Church, Montreal, 22.5.2013 (SSM)