United States Aspen Music Festival (XIII): Harbison’s The Great Gatsby in reduced orchestration; Thibaudet entrances with superb Debussy; Pro Arte settles down with Schubert; and a brilliant Copland Sextet 13-16.2012 (HS)
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Salzburg Festival 2012 – Rattle’s 1950s Carmen lacks the Mediterranean touch
Austria Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Choirs (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children’s Chorus (chorus master: Wolfgang Götz), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17.8.2012. (MB)
August is “Bustin’ Out All Over” at London’s Barbican
United Kingdom Rodgers and Hammerstein, Carousel: Soloists, Dancers and Chorus of Opera North with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by James Holmes, Barbican Theatre, London, 17.8.2012. (JPr)
MM 4: Schubert’s “Real” Unfinished Symphony
United States MM 4: Schubert/Berio, Beethoven Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 7.8.2012, (SSM)
Prom 43. Dutoit’s Delius and Saint-Saëns Outshine his Tchaikovksy
United Kingdom Prom 43: Delius, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.12 (GD)
Prom 45: Brazilians’ Exciting Debut at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 45: Nelson Freire (piano), São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, London 15.8.2012 (RB)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 7
Austria Mozart, Carter, Holliger, Friedrichsohn, Schumann: Heinz Holliger (oboe), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Ruth Killius (viola), Kuba Jakowicz (violin), Ursula Smith (cello), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 13.8.2012 (JFL)
Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 6
Austria Berg, Schubert, B.A.Zimmermann: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Ulrich Matthes, Peter Stein (speakers), Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), NDR Symphony Orchestra, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 12.8.2012 (JFL)