United Kingdom Chipping Campden Music Festival [2] – Beethoven and Schubert: Roderick Williams (baritone), Susie Allan (piano). St. James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 19.5.2019. (JQ)
A Memorable Schwanengesang from Roderick Williams and Susie Allan
This Week’s Review
Terrific Tchaikovsky from Jonathan Plowright
United Kingdom Paderewski, Tchaikovsky: Jonathan Plowright (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 19.5.2019. (CC)
Raw Streetcar Named Desire Premieres In Buenos Aires
Argentina Previn, A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists and Orchestra / David Brophy (conductor). Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 14.5.2019. (JSJ)
Weinberg Downpour – Umbrellas at Home – Enjoy the Saturation Coverage
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Weinberg: Alex Jakeman (flute), BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 15.5.2019. (RB)
An Uneven Concert Version of Handel’s Agrippina at the Teatro Real
Spain Handel, Agrippina (concert version): Il Pomo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor), Teatro Real, Madrid, 16.5.2019. (JMI)
Louis Lortie Shines in Bramwell Tovey’s Return to the VSO
Canada Debussy, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Louis Lortie (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 5.5.2019. (GN)
LOTNY Presents the New York Premiere of Benjamin Britten’s Owen Wingrave
United States 2019 New York Opera Fest [3] – Britten, Owen Wingrave: Soloists, Orchestra / Richard Cordova (conductor), the little OPERA theatre of ny, GK Arts Center, Brooklyn, 11.5.2019. (RP)
In Cleveland, Smetana Saves the Day
United States Glanert, Bruch, Smetana: Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pianos), Cleveland Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 9.5.2019. (MSJ)