United Kingdom Webb, Laplane, Pite: Scottish Ballet, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1.10.2016. (SRT)
Triumphant Return to Form by Scottish Ballet
This Week’s Review
Missy Mazzoli’s New Opera: Luminous Beauty and Moving Human Insight
United States Mazzoli, Breaking the Waves: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia/Steven Osgood (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. 24.9.2016. (BJ)
Alexander Gavrylyuk Probes and Enriches the Tchaikovsky Concerto in the Season Opener
Canada Morlock, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky: Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 24.9.2016. (GN)
Good Start to BBC NOW’s Season with a New Principal Guest Conductor
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Barber: Chloë Hanslip (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Xian Zhang (conductor). BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 27.9. 2016. (PCG)
Brilliance and Frustration in a Remarkable Recital by Jeremy Denk
United Kingdom Medieval to Modern: Jeremy Denk (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 25.9.2016. (GPu)
‘Tradicional Cubano’ Bring Sunshine to a Decidedly Autumnal Day in South Wales
United Kingdom Zalba, Hernandez, Lecduona, Fernandez, Maztamoros: Tradicional Cubano [Jose Zalba-Smith (flutes, piano), Rubert Orue (tres), Peter Komor (double bass), Zands Duggan (percussion)] with guest Javier Zalba (flute, alto saxophone), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 23.9.2016. (GPu)
Nikolaj Znaider Combines with the LSO for Superb Sibelius
United Kingdom Jack Sheen, Sibelius, Mahler: Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Christiane Karg (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 25.9.2016. (JPr)
Dutchman Lost in Tallinn
Estonia Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, Soloists, Estonian National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Vello Pähn (conductor), Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 22.9.2016 (première). (GF)