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)
This Week’s Review
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)
With Bejun Mehta in the Lead, Rodelinda Might be Retitled ‘Bertarido’
Spain Handel, Rodelinda: Orchestra of Teatro Real / Ivor Bolton (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 24 & 25.3.2017. (JMI)
A triumphant all-Vaughan Williams concert in North-West England
United Kingdom Vaughan Williams: Alison Pearce (soprano), Peter Edge (baritone), Chester Music Society Choir, Liverpool Sinfonia / Graham Jordan Ellis (conductor) Chester Cathedral, Chester. 25.3.2017. (RBa)
Buchbinder and Hrůša’s Highly Persuasive Way with Brahms
United Kingdom Brahms: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 23.3.2017. (AS)
Something Old, Something New: MacMillan conducts MacMillan
United Kingdom James MacMillan: The Sixteen, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Harry Christophers / Sir James MacMillan (conductors), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh 23.3.2017. (SRT)
Kozhukhin’s dazzling Rachmaninov Fourth Piano Concerto.
United Kingdom Adams, Rachmaninov, Bernstein, Gershwin: Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Miguel Prieto (conductor) The Lighthouse, Poole, 22.3.2017. (IL)