United Kingdom Messiaen, Stravinsky, Boden: Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds, Catherine Milledge (piano), Mei Yi Foo (piano), Pascal Gallois (conductor); The Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Benjamin Frith (piano), Alice Neary (cello), Robert Plane (clarinet), Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 16.11.2016. (GPu)
This Week’s Review
Mikhail Agrest’s Conducting Debut Reveals Impressive Musicality and Feeling
Canada Dvořák, Bruch, Tchaikovsky: Simone Porter (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Mikhail Agrest (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 3.12.2016. (GN)
Kirill Petrenko’s Magical Conducting and Anja Kampe’s Superb Voice Highlight This Shostakovich Opera
Germany Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Bayerische Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus / Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Nationaltheater, Munich, 4.12.2016. (JMI)
Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra: Stimulating in Mozart and Bartók
United Kingdom Mozart and Bartók: Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.11.2016. (MB)
Grandeur from Mozarteum Orchestra and an Unusual Encore from Radovan Vlatković
United Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Radovan Vlatković (horn), Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg/Matthew Halls (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 29.11.2016 (BJ)
An Eclectic But Appealing Programme from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
United Kingdom Mozart, Hummel, Shostakovich: Alison Balsom (trumpet), Gabriela Montero (piano), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Willi Zimmermann (concertmaster), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 4.12.2016 (SRT)
Refined Mozart and Impressive Mahler with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Pianist Haochen Zhang
Singapore Mozart, Mahler: Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lan Shui (conductor), Zhang Haochen (piano), Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 2.12.2016. (RP)
Two Gripping Evocations of the Seasons
United States Vivaldi, Piazzolla: Emily Cornelius (violin), Vivek Jayaraman (violin), Solomon Liang (violin), Rachel Sandman (violin), Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, 19.11.2016. (TW)