France Takemitsu, Chausson, and Zemlinsky: Michel Rousseau (alto flute), Nicolas Tulliez (harp), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie, Paris, 4.5.2018. (MB)
Mark Berry
An Imaginative Programme Marvellously Executed by Pavel Kolesnikov
United Kingdom Lachenmann, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Bach, Louis Couperin, and Schumann: Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30.4.2018. (MB)
Pina Napolitano Does Justice to Brahms as ‘the Progressive’
United Kingdom ‘Brahms the Progressive’: Brahms, Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern: Pina Napolitano (piano). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 25.4.2018. (MB)
The Royal Opera Revives Philip Venables’ 4.48 Psychosis
United Kingdom Philip Venables, 4.48 Psychosis: Soloists, CHROMA / Richard Baker (conductor). Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 24.4.2018. (MB)
Rattle and the LSO Unveil an Important New Work by Helen Grime
United Kingdom Grime and Mahler: London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 19.4.2018. (MB)
Frederic Rzewski’s 80th Birthday is Celebrated at Wigmore Hall
United Kingdom Frederic Rzewski’s 80th Birthday Concert – Rzewski, Mendelssohn, and Mahler: Igor Levit (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.4.2018. (MB)
An Outstanding ORF Vienna RSO Concert of Schuller, Zimmermann, and Dvořák
Austria Schuller, Zimmermann, and Dvořák: Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / John Storgårds (conductor). Musikverein, Vienna, 6.4.2018. (MB)
Vienna State Opera’s Parsifal: Vacuous Production but Strong Musical Performances
Austria Wagner, Parsifal: Soloists, Children of the Vienna State Opera Opera School, Chorus (chorus master: Martin Schebesta) and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Vienna State Opera, 5.4.2018. (MB)
