Germany Berlin Festtage 2022 [1] – Mozart: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 6.4.2022 (MB)
Peerless Mozart from Daniel Barenboim and the VPO
Mark Berry
Superbly constructed and performed programme from François-Xavier Roth and the LSO
United Kingdom Järventausta, R. Strauss, Grime, Coll: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra / François-Xavier Roth (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.4.2022. (MB)
The Jerusalem Quartet bring a sense of discovery and achievement to Beethoven
United Kingdom Beethoven: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bressler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 31.3.2022. (MB)
Damrau, Kaufmann and Deutsch in a memorable evening of Schumann and Brahms
United Kingdom Schumann, Brahms: Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 29.3.2022. (MB)
Terfel’s vividly communicative Brahms and Gardner and LPO’s youthful Schoenberg
United Kingdom Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Schoenberg: Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.3.2022. (MB)
Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House: an outstanding night of theatre
United Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Mark Elder (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 17.3.2022. (MB)
A musically intense and dramatic performance of Wozzeck in Paris
France Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Maîtrise des-Hauts-de Seine/Children’s Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris (chorus master: Gaël Darchen), Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Susanna Mälkki (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 13.3.2022. (MB)
Don Giovanni at Opéra Bastille, though well sung, is a mixed experience
France Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: Ching-Lien Wiu) and Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 11.3.2022. (MB)
