United States “Vocal Triple Bill”: The Ascoli Ensemble, Ergodos Musicians, Ekmeles. Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, 6.10.2011 (BH)
Bruce Hodges
New York Philharmonic Opening Night:Varied Program but Missing That One Frisson
United States New York Philharmonic Opening Night: Deborah Voigt (soprano), Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 21.9.2011 (BH)
James Dillon’s Magnum Opus, Nine Rivers: Not for the Faint of Heart
James Dillon, Nine Rivers (U.S. premiere): International Contemporary Ensemble, red fish blue fish, Steve Schick (conductor and percussion), The Crossing, Donald Nally (conductor), Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York City, 14-17.9.2011 (BH)
9/11: “A Concert for New York”, Mahler, Symphony No. 2
United States “A Concert for New York”: Mahler, Symphony No. 2: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 10.9.2011 (BH)
NY Phil’s “West Side Story”: Restored Score Trumps Film Flaws
United States Bernstein, West Side Story: David Newman (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall. 8.9.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart: Less is More in Iván Fischer’s Production of Don Giovanni
Mostly Mozart Festival: Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Rose Theater at Time Warner Center, New York, 6.8.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart (9): Composers from Mozart to now peerlessly played by ICE
United States Mostly Mozart, International Contemporary Ensemble: Peter Serkin (piano), Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Dennis James (glass armonica), Alice Tully Hall / Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 8-11.8.2011 (BH)
At Lincoln Center Festival, Danes Excel in Nielsen and Stravinsky
United States Lincoln Center Festival: Nielsen, Stravinsky, Svendsen : John Kruse (clarinet) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano), Peter Lodahl (tenor), Jochen Kupfer (bass), Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 28-30.7.2011 (BH)