United Kingdom Wagner, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Michael Barenboim (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 14.1.2017. (CS)
Good Chemistry Between the Philharmonia and Domingo Hindoyan
This Week’s Review
Glover’s Mozart Teaches with Elan and Zest
United States Mozart: Daniel Matsukawa (bassoon), Philadelphia Orchestra / Jane Glover (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.1.2017. (BJ)
Puccini’s Ice Princess Thaws in China’s Frozen North
China Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Mu Lan Children’s Chorus, Coro Lirico and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliano / Giuseppe Acquaviva (conductor). Harbin Grand Theatre Opera House, Harbin, 2.1.2017. (RP)
The Sitkovetsky Trio: Technically Assured but Missing a Frisson of Communication
United Kingdom Turina, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Danjulo Ishizaka [cello], Wu Qian [piano]), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.12.2016 (CS)
Another all-English John Wilson concert at Salford Quays
United Kingdom Bax, Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 22.12.2016 (RB)
Cape Town Comes To Buenos Aires
Argentina The Gershwins, Porgy and Bess: Soloists, Cape Town Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Tim Murray (conductor), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 13.12.2016. (JSJ)
An Often Rewarding Der fliegende Holländer Under the Baton of Pablo Heras-Casado
Spain Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 17 & 18.12.2016. (JMI)
The St Lawrence Quartet Introduce John Adams’ Second String Quartet to the UK
United Kingdom Haydn, Adams, Janáček: St Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall & Owen Dalby [violins], Lesley Robertson [viola], Christopher Costanza [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.12.2016. (CS)