Germany Musikfest Berlin [5] – Schumann, Andre, Marenzio, Vicentino, and Nono: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Laura Aikin (soprano), Jenny Carlstedt (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker, Joachim Haas, and Sven Kestel (sound design), SWR Vocal Ensemble (chorus master: Michael Alber), SWR Symphony Orchestra / Peter Rundel (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 11.9.2017. (MB)
Mark Berry
Kasper Holten’s Thought-Provoking Production of Lohengrin, Excellently Performed at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
Recent Music in Abundance from the Members of Ensemble Musikfabrik
Germany Musikfest Berlin [4] – Aperghis, Lim, Schöllhorn, Baltakas, Zorn, Saunders, and Poppe: Members of Ensemble Musikfabrik (Carl Rosman (clarinet), Melvyn Poore (euphonium), Dirk Wietheger (cello), Alban Wesly (bassoon), Marco Blaauw (trumpet), Florentin Ginot (double bass), Hannah Weirich (violin), Ulrich Löffler and Benjamin Kobler (piano), Dirk Rothbrust (percussion), Helen Bledsoe (flute)). Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, 10.9.2017. (MB)
Rebecca Saunders and Harrison Birtwistle’s Music of Today Provides Perspectives on Music of the Past
Christoph Eschenbach and the DSO Berlin’s Fine Concert Leaves the Audience Wanting More
Germany Musikfest Berlin [2] – Mozart, Rihm, and Mendelssohn: Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Tzimon Barto (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 8.9.2017. (MB)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner Brings Monteverdi Operas to the Berlin Musikfest
Germany Musikfest Berlin [1] – Monteverdi, L’Orfeo and Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria: Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 2.9.2017. (MB)
A Brilliant – and Brilliantly Questioning – Recital by Maurizio Pollini
Austria Salzburg Festival [7] – Chopin and Debussy: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 17.8.2017. (MB)
Les Espaces acoustiques in Salzburg: Something Quite Out of the ‘Ordinary’
Austria Salzburg Festival [6] – Grisey: Mario Gheorghiu (viola), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Maxime Pascal (conductor). Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, 16.8.2017. (MB)