Switzerland Pärt, Sibelius, Shostakovich: Viktoria Mullova (violin), Estonian Festival Orchestra / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 20.1.2018 (JR)
This Week’s Review
Vocal Splendour and Charm from Soprano Tara Erraught
Canada Liszt, Richard Strauss, Mahler, Quilter, Rossini: Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), James Baillieu (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 14.1.2017. (GN)
Gentility and Grace from Queyras and Tharaud
United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Berg, Brahms: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 19.1.2018. (CS)
Quatuor Diotima Offer a ‘Shock of the New’ in Szymanowski, Saunders and Schubert
United Kingdom Szymanowski, Rebecca Saunders, and Schubert: Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti (violins), Franck Chevalier (viola), Pierre Morlet (cello)). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.1.2018. (MB)
American Lyric Theater Presents a Little Gem of an Opera
United States ALT Alumni: Composers & Librettists in Concert: Various artists, Brian Fletcher (percussion), James Lowe (music director and piano), Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 14.1.2018. (RP)
Gould Piano Trio Give a Stimulating Concert of Works by Beethoven and Mark Simpson
United Kingdom Beethoven, Simpson: Gould Piano Trio (Lucy Gould [violin], Benjamin Frith [piano], Alice Neary [cello]), The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 12.1.2018. (GPu)
Generosity and Sincerity from Midori, Lederlin and Biss at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Dvořák: Midori (violin), Antoine Lederlin (cello), Jonathan Biss (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 16.1.2018. (CS)
A Premiere and Mahler Make Uneasy Bedfellows
United States Staud, Mahler: Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance Hall, Cleveland, 11.1.2018. (MSJ)
