SINCE 1999 A LIVE REVIEW SITE FOR OPERA, BALLET, CONCERTS, BROADCASTS, AND THEATRE
Germany Stravinsky, Petrushka, and Ravel, L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Soloists, Vocalconsort Berlin (chorus master: Andrew Crooks), Children’s Choir (chorus mistress: Dagmar Fiebach) and Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Markus Poschner (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 2.3.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom Wigglesworth – The Winter’s Tale (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus (chorus master: James Henshaw) and Orchestra of the English National Opera / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 27.2.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 26.2.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Ravel, and Ligeti: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Rodolfus Choir, Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 19.2.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom ‘Melodicles’ – Ligeti, Mason, Harrison, Diabété, Bartók: Ligeti Quartet [Mandhira de Saram, Patrick Dawkins (violins), Richard Jones (viola), Val Welbanks (cello)]. Hall Two, Kings Place, 17.2.2017. (MB)
Germany Rihm, Ligeti, and Mahler: Camilla Tilling (soprano), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 12.2.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom Brahms, Berg, Widmann, Schubert and Schumann: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Mitsuko Uchida (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 9.2.2017. (MB)
United Kingdom Bach: Alisa Weilerstein (cello). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 8.2.2017. (MB)