United Kingdom Stravinsky, Debussy, Firebird, Après-midi d’un faune, Faun(e), The Rite of Spring: Dancers and Orchestra of the English National Ballet, Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 22.3.12. (JPr)
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Argentine Premiere of Golijov’s St Mark Passion
Argentina Golijov: La pasión según San Marcos: Soloists, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela,PassionOrchestra and Strings of the Orchestra of Teatro Colón, María Guinand (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 18.3.2012. (JSJ)
Regrets, I Have a Few: Pacifica Quartet Ends Residence at Metropolitan Museum with Beethoven Cycle
United States Beethoven: Pacifica String Quartet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 12.11.2011, 07.01.2012, 25.02.2012, 10.03.2012 (GG)
All Russian Programmme by Piano Laureate of Hones International Piano Competition
United Kingdom Medtner, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgski: Georgy Tchaidze (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 19.3.2012 (RB)
Intensity Over Subtlety: NSO Excels at Stabat Mater
United States Dvořák: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Burak Bilgili (bass), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 22.3.2012 (RRR)
Anne-Sophie Mutter in Recital in Manchester
United Kingdom Mozart, Schubert, Lutosławski, Saint-Saëns: Anne Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 20.3.2012 (MC)
Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Perform Bach the Old-Fashioned Way
Bach: Teresa Wakim (Soprano), Bogna Batosz (Alto), Tilman Lichdi (Tenor), Klaus Mertens (Bass-baritone) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 15.3.2012 (SSM)
Ex-Lover Dumps Gunman Aristocrat – English Touring Opera’s Eugene Onegin
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera, Northcott Theatre, Exeter, 21.3.2012 (BK)