United Kingdom Tchaikovsky: Jennifer Pike (violin), Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.10.2016. (SRT)
This Week’s Review
ENO’s Theatrical Les pêcheurs de perles is Exposed to the Elements
United Kingdom Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles): (sung in English, with surtitles): Cast, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera / Roland Böer.(conductor), London Coliseum, 19.10.2016. (CC)
USA, Britain and Finland find themselves neighbours in Salford
United Kingdom Kay, Coleridge-Taylor, Sibelius: BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 18.10.2016. (RB)
Rising to the Challenge of a Stimulating Chamber Programme
United States Ibert, Mozart, Chung, Arriaga, Haydn: Ching-Yun Hu (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia / Dirk Brossé & Geoffrey McDonald (conductors), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.10.2016. (BJ)
Muti and Friends Combat Crime with Culture
United States Verdi, Burleigh, Bach, Pryor, Shanahan, Glenworth, Beethoven: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Riccardo Muti (piano), Jennifer Gunn (piccolo), Gene Pokorny (tuba), Cynthia Yeh (percussion). Illinois Youth Center, Chicago, IL. 25.9.2016. Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Apostolic Church of God, Chicago, IL. 13.10.2016. (DP)
Jurowski and the LPO Stunning in Henze’s Seventh Symphony
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Zimmermann, Henze: Thomas Zehetmair (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.10.2016. (CC)
An Uneven Concert of Schubert and Mahler
United Kingdom Schubert and Mahler: Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra/Josep Pons (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.10.2016. (MB)
The London Sinfonietta Continues to Champion Contemporary Music
United Kingdom Sciarrino, Berio, Terranova, Filidei: Anna Radziejewska (mezzo-soprano); London Sinfonietta / Marco Angius (conductor), St John’s, Smith Square, London, 13.10.2016. (CC)