United Kingdom Elliott Carter: London Sinfonietta, Hall Two, Kings Place, 8.9.2011 (MB)
Mark Berry
Prom 70:The UK première of Birtwistle’s Violin Concerto makes a potent impression at the Proms
United Kingdom Prom 70: Bridge, Birtwistle, Holst: Christian Teztlaff (violin), Holst Singers,BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson. Royal Albert Hall,London, 7.9.2011 (MB)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Franz Welser-Möst not quite at his best for Zemlinsky
Austria Salzburg Festival 2011 – Schubert/Mahler and Zemlinsky: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 25.8.2011 (MB)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – Masterful Beethoven from Pollini
Austria Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 24.8.2011 (MB)
Salzburg Festival 2011 – The Hagen Quartet masterly in Schubert
Austria Schubert: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt (violins), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello)). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 23.8.2011 (MB)
Salzburg Festival 2011: A magnificent, searching Winterreise
Austria Schubert, Winterreise: Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 22.8.2011 (MB)
Prom 42 – The festival’s first complete Swan Lake ; or was it?
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Orchestra of the Mariinksy Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.8.2011 (MB)
Prom 21 – More Unusual Concert Programming from Nelsons and the CBSO
United Kingdom Strauss, Walton, and Prokofiev: Midori (violin), Nadzhda Serdiuk (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus (chorus master: Simon Halsey), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.7.2011 (MB)