United Kingdom Janáček, Szymanowski, Sibelius: Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 19.9.2018. (CS)
Exhilarating Szymanowski from Janine Jansen and the LSO
This Week’s Review
Two Conservatory Orchestras Meet Bernstein’s Friends
United States Chavez, Thompson, Diamond, Copland, Barber, Bernstein: CCM Philharmonia / Mark Gibson (conductor), CCM Concert Orchestra / Aik Khai Pung (conductor). Corbett Auditorium, College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15.9.2018. (RDA)
The Mozartists’ Splendid Evening Capped by Bastien und Bastienne
United Kingdom Haydn, Anonymous and Mozart: Ellie Laugharne (soprano); Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Darren Jeffrey (bass-baritone); The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London,18.9.2018 (CC)
Music and Dance Dominate in Satellite Collective’s Multimedia Echo & Narcissus
United States Aaron Severini, Echo & Narcissus: Soloists, Dancers, ShoutHouse/Alex Burtzos (conductor), Satellite Collective, BAM Fischer, Brooklyn, 15.9.2019. (RP)
Dukas For The 21st Century: TableTopOpera’s Graphic Novel Ariane and Bluebeard
United States Dukas: TableTopOpera (Frederico Agostini, violin; David Ying, cello; James VanDemark, double bass; Griffin M. Campbell, alto sax; James Thompson, trumpet; Jackson Courtright, trombone; Albert Kim, Dariusz Terefenko, keyboards) / Mark Watters (conductor), Hoyt Hall Auditorium, University of Rochester, Rochester, 11.9.2018. (LV)
Simon Rattle Opens the LSO Season with an Imaginatively Varied English Programme
United Kingdom Birtwistle, Holst, Turnage, Britten: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Philip Cobb, Gábor Tarkövi (trumpets), Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Tiffin Girls’ School Choir, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, 16.9.2018. (CC)
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Nelsons and the Bostoners Glorious in a Splendid if Slow Mahler Third
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [6] – Mahler: Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Ladies of the Gewandhaus Choir, Gewandhaus Childrens’ Choir, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 13.9.2018. (JR)
The Performance of a Lifetime: Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Mastery in Stockhausen
Germany Musikfest Berlin 2018 [10] – Stockhausen: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin, 3.9.2018. (MB)
