United Kingdom Mahler, Symphony No.3: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Voices, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra; Lorin Maazel (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.5.2011. (JPr)
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The Jerusalem Quartet and friends play Brahms and Schoenberg
Brahms and Schoenberg: Jerusalem Quartet and friends (Alexander Pavolovsky, Sergei Bresler (violins) Ori Kam, Yuri Zhislin (violas) Kyril Zlotnikov, Adrian Brendel (violoncelli)). Wigmore Hall, London, 7.5.2011 (MB)
Frankfurt’s lacklustre Clemenza di Tito
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito: Soloists, Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt. Conductor: Julia Jones. Oper Frankfurt 7. 5.2011 (JMI)
Pizzetti’s Murder in the Cathedral in Frankfurt
Pizzetti, Assassinio nella Cattedrale: Soloists, Frankfurter und Museumsorchester, Chor und Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Oper Frankfurt. 5. 5.2011 (JMI)
Wagner’s First Opera, Die Feen: Music, Suprisingly Good, Libretto, Not Suprisingly, Poor
R. Wagner’s Die Feen Soloists, Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester, Frankfurt Opera Chorus. Conductor: Sebastian Weigle. Alte Oper Frankfurt. 06.05.2011 (JMI)
Vladimir Ashkenazy Extends His Stay with the Sydney Symphony.
Vladimir Ashkenazy extends his stay with the Sydney Symphony. 5.5.2011 (TP)
Resurrecting Mahler: San Francisco Symphony Perform Mahler’s Second and Ninth Symphonies
Mahler, Symphonies 9 and 2: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7-8.5.2011 (HS)
Father and Son: Walter Weller conducts an André Christen work with BBCNOW
Christen, Prokofiev, Dvořák: John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Walter Weller (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 7 .5.2011 (NHR)