United States Ives, Bartók, Beethoven: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor). Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA. 14.2.2016. (RC)
Richard Campbell
Dausgaard and Morlot Show an Orchestra’s Virtues
United States Mahler, Debussy, Fauré and Ravel: Soloists, Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard and Ludovic Morlot (conductors), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 19.11.2015 and 5.12.2015 (RC)
A Don QuixoteTransplanted from Holland
United Kingdom Pacific Northwest Ballet, “Don Quixote”: Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Alexei Ratmansky (choreography and staging); Dutch National Ballet (production); Elizabeth Murphy, Seth Orza, Otto Neubert, Jonathan Porretta, Sarah Ricard Orza, Jerome Tisser and Lesley Rausch (principals); Allan Dameron (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 30.1.2015 (RC)
A Festival’s Growth to Maturity
United States Seattle Chamber Music Society, Winter Festival: James Ehnes (artistic director and violin), Anne-Marie McDermott and Orion Weiss (piano), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Robert deMaine and Andres Diaz (cello). Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, Washington. 23.1.2015 (RC)
Well-Cast Tosca in an Old-Fashioned Set
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Julian Kovatchev (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 10.1.2014 (RC)