United States Corelli, Handel, Bach: Nanae Iwata (violin), Julia Bullock, Heather Engebretson, Ying Fang (sopranos), Rachel Wilson (mezzo-soprano), Spencer Lang (tenor), Davone Tines (bass-baritone), Juilliard415, The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 23.3.2012 (SSM)
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Macedonian Pianist Provides High Voltage Saint-Saëns
United Kingdom Debussy, Saint–Saëns, Berlioz: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ,Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Guildhall, Preston 26.3.2012. (MC)
Ian Bostridge Is the Star in Bach’s St. John Passion
United States J. S. Bach, St. John Passion: Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Neal Davies (Bass-Baritone), Karina Gauvin (Soprano), Damien Guillon (Countertenor), Nicholas Phan (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Bass-Baritone), Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, Bernard Labadie (Music Director and Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.3.2012 (SSM)
Christ Resurrected in Karlstad
Sweden J.S.Bach: St. John Passion, Wermland Opera Orchestra, Henrik Schaefer (conductor), Karlstad, 24.3.2012 (GF)
Handel is Alive and Well at Manchester’s Music Conservatoire
United Kingdom Handel, Xerxes (sung in Italian with surtitles): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music/Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music Theatre, Manchester, 22.3.2012 (RJF)
Vengerov, Temirkanov and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Excel in Russian Music
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Maxim Vengerov (violin), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 24.3.2012 (CC)
A Veteran Pianist from Japan Gives a London Recital
United Kingdom Chopin, Toshiya Sukegawa, Bach, Mussorgsky, Liszt: Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (piano), Cadogan Hall, London. 24.3.2012 (RB)
A Thrilling Brahms Violin Concerto at the Seattle Symphony
United States Schubert, Janáček, and Brahms Jennifer Koh, (violin), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.3.2012 (BJ)