Germany Mahler: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Kirill Petrenko (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 23.1.2020. (MB)
Kirill Petrenko’s individual approach to Mahler’s Sixth
This Week’s Review
BBC NOW’s jazzical tales in Cardiff
United Kingdom Jazzical tales: Huw Watkins (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / David Danzmayr (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 23.1.2020. (PCG)
Not just any bootcamp: Renée Fleming’s SongStudio returns to Carnegie Hall
United States Various composers, SongStudio 2020: Singers and pianists,.Carnegie Hall, New York, 16-18.1.2020. (RP)
Prague State Opera reopens with Fidelio as gritty social realism
Czech Republic Beethoven, Fidelio: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Prague State Opera / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor), Prague State Opera, 9.1.2020. (SS)
In New York, an operatically inclined group excels in chamber music
United States Aucoin, Ives, Wollschleger, Honstein: American Modern Opera Company, The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York City, 11.1.2020. (DS)
Rousing Pictures crowns an evening in Miami
United States Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), New World Symphony / Chad Goodman and Juanjo Mena (conductors). Knight Concert Hall, Miami, 11.1.2020. (RDA)
Debussy’s unfinished opera takes Annelies Van Parys down a fruitful Berlin path
Germany Van Parys/Debussy, Usher: Soloists, Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin and its Orchestral Academy / Marit Strindlund (conductor). Alter Orchesterprobensaal, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 18.1.2020. (MB)
Melodies abound in Gianandrea Noseda’s fine debut with the Philharmonia Zurich
Switzerland Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Narek Haknazaryan (cello), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 19.1.2010. (JR)
