New Zealand Brahms, Strauss, Elgar: Joyce Yang (piano) with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, 13.4.201.9 (PM)
Youthful Passions And Enigmas in Wellington
This Week’s Review
Benjamin Staern’s Opera on Visionary Artist Hilma af Klint Is Premiered at the Guggenheim
United States Staern, Hilma: Soloists, Victoria Stjerna (violin), Andreas Lavotha (cello), Stefan Lindgren (piano), Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 15.4.2019. (RP)
© Robert Altman
Truly Mystical Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams in Cardiff
United Kingdom Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov, Grainger, Vaughan Williams: Anna Dennis (soprano), William Towers (counter-tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), William Dazeley (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales / Jonathan Heyward and Steve Devine (conductors). Hoddinot Hall, Cardiff, 18.4.2019. (PCG)
Betrothal in a Monastery Provides an Intriguing, Challenging, and Amusing Evening
Germany Prokofiev, Betrothal in a Monastery: Soloists, Berlin State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Martin Wright), Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 13.4.2019. (MB)
In Akron, Bach Becomes a Tribute to Notre Dame
United States Bach, Mass in B minor: Amanda Powell (soprano), Amanda Crider (mezzo-soprano), Jacob Perry (tenor), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 15.4.2019. (MSJ)
The Brodsky Quartet Offer Compelling Spiritual Reconciliation and Redemption
United Kingdom MacMillan, Haydn: Brodsky Quartet (Gina McCormack & Ian Belton [violins], Paul Cassidy [viola], Jacqueline Thomas [cello]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.4.2019. (CS)
Nelson Goerner Returns with a Remarkable ‘Appassionata’ and Luminous Chopin
Canada Various: Nelson Goerner (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, 7.4.2019. (GN)
With a New Cast, the Stars Align for Don Giovanni at the Met
United States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Cornelius Meister (conductor), Metropolitan Opera, New York, 12.4.2019. (RP)
