United States John Cage, How to Get Started: Ralph Lemon (voice), Arturo O’Farrill (voice and piano), Peter Price (audio engineer), Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater, New York City. 2.4.2013 (BH)
Bruce Hodges
Dudamel Shows He’s Human, After All
United States John Adams, Vivier, Debussy, Stravinsky: Soloists, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon (music director), Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 27-28.3.2013 (BH)
Wearing White (or Pondering It) for a Surround-Sound Extravaganza
United States Stockhausen, OKTOPHONIE: Rirkrit Tiravanija (visual artist), Kathinka Pasveer (sound projectionist), Igor Kavulek (sound designer), Brian Scott (lighting designer), Park Avenue Armory, New York City. 24.3.2013 (BH)
For Piano and Percussion, Fifty Years Apart
United States Stockhausen, Wuorinen: Daniel Druckman and James Baker (percussion), Stephen Gosling and Steven Beck (piano), Merkin Concert Hall, New York City. 13.3.2013 (BH)
A Whiff of New Orleans in Semi-Staged “Streetcar”
United States André Previn, A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Patrick Summers (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 14.3.2013 (BH)
Vocal Master Class — With an Oyster
United States Legg, Barber, DeSylva/Brown/Henderson, Porter, Confrey, Berlin: Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 11.3.2013 (BH)
Searing “Rite” Signals a New Era
United States Frank, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 22.2.2013 (BH)
Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall: Mostly Sweet, Sometimes Strange
United States Bartók, Mahler: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.2.2013 (BH)