United Kingdom Watkins, Shostakovich: The Schubert Ensemble (Simon Blendis, Jan Schmolk (violins), Douglas Peterson (viola), Jane Salmon (cello), William Howard (piano). Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff 3.3,2017. (GPu)
This Week’s Review
Thrillingly Theatrical Impressions in the Music of Bach’s Predecessors
United Kingdom Schütz, Buxtehude, Scheidt and Tunder: Welsh Camerata and instrumentalists, Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director). Church of St John the Evangelist, Cardiff, 25.3.2017. (PCG)
Fine Adriana Lecouvreur Opens Buenos Aires 2017 Season
Argentina Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra / Mario Perusso (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 21.3.2017. (JSJ)
in Teatro Colón’s Adriana Lecouvreur (c) Máximo Parpagnoli
Virtuosity Tempered by Finesse from Mutter and Orkis
United States Currier, Mozart, Respighi, Saint-Saëns: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances and San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 26.3.2017. (HS)
Two Choral Ensembles Combine for Old and New
United States Various composers: New York Polyphony, Geoffrey Williams (countertenor), Steven Caldicott Wilson (tenor), Christopher Dylan Herbert (baritone), Craig Phillips (bass), Cathedral Choral Society / Michael McCarthy (guest conductor), Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC. 19.3.2017. (DS)
A Requiem Pitting Christian Devotion Against Anti-War Disillusion
United States Britten, War Requiem: Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director), Philadelphia Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.3.2017. (BJ)
An Explorer Unites Instruments with Elementary Electronics
United States Tristan Perich: Mariel Roberts [cello]; JACK Quartet [Christopher Otto, Austin Wulliman (violins), John Pickford Richards (viola), Jay Campbell (cello)]; The Kitchen, New York City, 18.3.2017. (KG)
Grigolo, Damrau, and Park Bring Hoffmann’s Tales Vividly to Life
United States Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of LA Opera / Plácido Domingo (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 25.3.2017. (JRo)
