United States Bach, Mahler: Vivek Jayaraman (violin), Solomon Liang (violin), Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 27.1.2018 (TW)
This Week’s Review
Haydn Makes an Unlikely Star in a Salute to the British Isles
United States Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 26.1.2018 (BJ)
Kirchschlager and Drake Conclude Wigmore Hall’s Complete Schubert Lieder Survey
United Kingdom Schubert, The Complete Songs (Final Concert): Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano); Julius Drake (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.1.2018. (CC)
Catherine Naglestad as Salome Is Outstanding, as Always
Germany Strauss, Salome: Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Evan Rogister (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 28.1.2018. (JMI)
A Nicely Sung Carmen, but a Disappointing and Unconvincing New Production
Germany Bizet, Carmen: Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin / Ivan Repušić (conductor), Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 27.1.2018. (JMI)
The Aquinas Trio Cross-cut the Classical with the Cinematic at Kings Place
United Kingdom Haydn, Brian Inglis, Schubert, Schumann: Aquinas Piano Trio (Ruth Rogers [violin], Katherine Jenkinson [cello], Martin Cousin [piano]), Kings Place, London, 28.1.2018. (CS)
Bychkov Breath-taking in Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Switzerland Strauss, Tchaikovsky: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 25.1.2018. (JR)
Semyon Bychkov (c) Tonhalle Orchestra
A Young String Quartet of the Utmost Mastery
United States Haydn, Webern, Brahms: Roberto Díaz (viola), Peter Wiley (cello), Zorá String Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 21.1.2018. (BJ)