United States Brahms, Saariaho, Shostakovich: Gil Shaham (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Franz-Welser-Möst (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 23.5.2012 (BH)
Bruce Hodges
Dutoit’s Ravishing “Daphnis” Reappears
United States Glinka, Chopin, Ravel: Maria João Pires (piano), The Philadelphia Singers Chorale, David Hayes (Music Director) Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Chief Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 18.5.2012 (BH)
De Waart and Milwaukee Play Qigang Chen
United States Spring for Music, Concert V: Messiaen, Debussy, Qigang Chen: Xiaoduo Chen (soprano), Meng Meng (qingyi and soprano), Wu Man (pipa), Hong Wang (erhu), Yang Yi (zheng), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.5.2012 (BH)
Busoni Behemoth Brings Out Hamelin’s Best
United States Spring for Music, Concert III: Hila Plitmann (soprano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Men of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller (WSC director), New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Lacombe (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 9.5.2012 (BH)
Houston Symphony Kicks Off Carnegie’s “Spring for Music”
United States Spring for Music, Concert I, “Two Faces of Shostakovich”: Mikhail Svetlov (bass), Houston Symphony, Hans Graf (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.5.2012 (BH)
Bronfman, Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic in an Impressive Lindberg Premiere
United States Dvořák, Magnus Lindberg, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 5.5.2012 (BH)
Gilbert’s Mahler Sixth: Andante before Scherzo, Three Hammer Blows
United States Mahler, Symphony No. 6: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 2.5.2012 (BH)
A Sampler of Sounds in NYC by Either/Or
United States Cage/Neuhaus, George Lewis, Elliott Sharp, Rebecca Saunders, Grisey: Either/Or, The Kitchen, New York City, 27.4.2012 (BH)