United States Glinka, Lalo, Rachmaninoff: Joshua Bell (violin), San Francisco Symphony / Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 16.6.2017. (HS)
This Week’s Review
Israeli Chamber Project Scores at Montréal Chamber Music Festival
Canada Weber, Bartók, Ran, Brahms: Israeli Chamber Project (Tibi Cziger, clarinet; Yehonatan Berick and Carmit Zori, violins; Vitai Zori, viola; Michal Korman, cello; and Assaff Weisman, piano), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 13.6.2017. (LV)
Sterling Korngold and Mahler from Baiba Skride and Bramwell Tovey
Canada Tovey, Korngold, Mahler: Marion Newman (mezzo-soprano), Baiba Skride (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Vancouver, 10.6.2017. (GN)
Yuja Wang Conquers the Piano World and Beyond in a Monumental Bartók Program
United States Stravinsky, Bartók, Janáček: Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon (director), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. (DLD)
A Triumphant Beethoven Quartet Cycle in Montréal
Canada Beethoven: Dover String Quartet (Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violins; Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, viola; and Camden Shaw, cello), Pollack Hall, McGill University, Montréal, 11.6.2017. (LV)
Memorable Beethoven Crowns Murray Perahia’s Barbican Recital
United Kingdom Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven: Murray Perahia (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 11.6.2017. (CC)
An Ambitious Journey Through Italian Song
United States Scelsi, Landini, Sciarrino, Ciconia, Garau, Monteverdi, Rossi, Gesualdo: Trident Ensemble (Tim Keeler, Daniel Moody, countertenors; Owen McIntosh, Steven Soph, tenors; Edmund Milly, bass-baritone, Jonathan Woody, bass), The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York City, 27.5.2017. (KG)
Stalwart Rigoletto Improves As the Night Goes On
United States Verdi, Rigoletto: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera / Nicola Luisotti (conductor), War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 6.6.2017. (HS)
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