Italy Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev: Marianna Tarasova (mezzo-soprano), Chorus of Rome Opera, Roberto Gabbiani (chorus master), Orchestras of Rome Opera and St Petersburg Philharmonic, Juri Temirkanov (conductor),Video installations, film, lighting and direction:Pier’ Alli, Terme di Caracalla, Rome, 7.7.2012 (JB)
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Amid the Mumbai Monsoon a Spaniard Would Reign
India Brahms, Schumann, Albéniz, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky: Eduardo Fernandez (piano), National Centre for Performing Arts’ Experimental Theatre, Mumbai, 6.7.2012 (RoW)
France and Singapore Intersect at Cheltenham 2012
United Kingdom Debussy: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2012. (RJ)
Debussy: Images (oubliées)
From Préludes Book I
From Études
Préludes Book 2, etc.
Debussy, Delius, Ravel, Holst: Melvyn Tan (piano), The Orchestra of the Music Makers / Chan Tze Law (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 6.7.2012. (RJ)
Southbank Centre’s Bryn Fest with Bryn Terfel
United Kingdom The Golden Age of Broadway – Bryn Terfel, Julian Ovenden, Clive Rowe, Hannah Waddingham and Emma Williams with Siân Phillips (speaker), Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Voicelab. Conductor: Gareth Valentine.
An Evening of Opera Classics: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Oksana Dyka (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Gareth Jones. Royal Festival Hall, London, 4 and 5.7.2012. (JPr)
Another Premiere from the 103-Year-Old Wonder Boy
United States CONTACT!: Carter, Jarrell, Boulez: John Schaefer (host), Magnus Lindberg (host), Colin Currie (percussion), Eric Huebner (piano), Charlotte Dobbs (soprano), Robert Langevin (MIDI-flute), Mindy Kaufman (flute), Alexandra Sopp (flute), New York Philharmonic, David Robertson (conductor), The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Symphony Space, 8-9.6.2012 (BH)
Much Fun! Haydn’s “Seasons” in Zurich
Switzerland Haydn: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (bass) Zürcher Singakademie, Tonhalle Zurich, 5.7.2012 (JR)
New Music at Cheltenham 2012
United Kingdom Mozart, Goehr, Bridge, Brahms: Nash Ensemble, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 5.7.2012
Mozart: Piano Quartet No 1
Alexander Goehr: Largo Siciliano (premiere)
Frank Bridge: Phantasy Piano Quartet
Brahms: Trio in E flat, Op 40
Wood, Harvey, Supponen, Bingham, Swayne, Rautavaara, Tavener: BBC Singers, Nancy Ruffer (flute), Scott Lygate (clarinet), Oliver Lowe (percussion), David Hill (conductor), Cheltenham College Chapel, 5.7.2012 .(RJ)
A Tsunami of Text for a Striking Vision of the Hereafter
United States Lewis Spratlan, ”Hesperus is Phosphorus”: The Crossing, Donald Nally (conductor), Network for New Music, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City. 5.6.2012 (BH)