United Kingdom Young Artists’ Platform: Pelléas Ensemble (Henry Roberts [flute], Luba Tunnicliffe [viola], Oliver Wass [harp]), Hannah Morgan (oboe), Daniel King Smith (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 21.11.2016. (CS)
This Week’s Review
La Clemenza di Tito Returns to Teatro Real Where It Continues to Captivate Opera Goers
Spain Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real / Christophe Rousset (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 20 & 21.11.2016. (JMI)
Phoenix Piano Trio Capture Spirit of Haydn, Gade and Schubert
Haydn, Niels Gade, Schubert: Phoenix Piano Trio (Jonathan Stone [violin], Christian Elliott [cello], Sholto Kynoch [piano]), Kings Place, London, 20.11.2016. (CS)
A Deeply Affecting Performance of Lagrime di San Pietro by the Los Angeles Master Chorale
United States Orlando di Lasso: Lagrime di San Pietro, Los Angeles Master Chorale/Grant Gershon (conductor), Peter Sellars (director), James F. Ingalls (lighting director), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 29.10.2016. (DD)
The London Premiere of Beat Furrer’s Remarkable FAMA
United Kingdom Beat Furrer, FAMA: Isabelle Munke (actress), Eva Furrer (contrabass flute), EXAUDI, James Weeks (chorus master), Sophie Motley (staging advisor), London Sinfonietta, Beat Furrer (conductor). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 11.11.2016. (MB)
Behzod Abduraimov: Partly Extravaganza, Partly Profound
Canada Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Balakirev: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Chan Centre, Vancouver, 13.11.2016. (GN)
Madama Butterfly Ends Juventus Lyrica’s Season
Argentina Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Juventus Lyrica / Antonio Maria Russo (conductor), Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires. 11.11.2016. (JSJ)
Gergiev, Kavakos and the Mariinsky Leave Superb Impression
Switzerland Ammann, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky (Ravel): Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich 15.11.16. (JR)