United States Handel: Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Tara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Henry Waddington (bass-baritone), Cleveland Orchestra / Jane Glover (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 6.12.2018. (MSJ)
This Week’s Review
Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen Offer a Masterclass in Responsive Performing and Listening
United Kingdom Brahms, Ysaÿe, Adams: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 10.12.2018. (CS)
Two Distinguished Pianists Join Forces in Mozart
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Mozart, Elgar: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 9.12.2018. (CC)
Candide Forms a Fitting Climax to the LSO’s Celebration of the Bernstein Centenary
United Kingdom Bernstein, Candide (semi-staged performance): Soloists, Guildhall School Young Artists; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Marin Alsop. 8.12.2018. (CC)
(c) Mark Allan
A Brahms Second Piano Concerto To Make You Think
United States Brahms, Brown, Dvořák: Emanuel Ax (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 1.12.2018. (BJ)
Mitsuko Uchida’s Rewardingly Thoughtful Approach to Schubert
United Kingdom Schubert: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Royal Festival Hall, London, 7.12.2018. (MB)
Very Enjoyable Hungarian Night at the Tonhalle
Switzerland Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók: Joshua Bell (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 6.12.2018. (JR)
Magnificent Reading by Simon Rattle and an Exceptional Cast in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie
Germany Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie: Staatsopernchor, Freiburger Barockorchester / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 6.12.2018. (JMI)
