United States Brahms, Mozart, Shostakovich, Schubert, Dvořák, Prokofiev: Seattle Chamber Music Society artists, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle. 2 & 5.2.2012 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
With the Seattle Symphony, Hamelin Offers Chopin Shading into Liszt
United States Muhly, Schubert, and Chopin: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 26-28.1.2012 (BJ)
Haydn and Mendelssohn Outpace Vasks
United States Haydn, Vasks, and Mendelssohn: Maria Larionoff (violin), Seattle Symphony, Olari Elts (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.1.2012 (BJ)
Seattle Opera’s Attila is a Mixed Success
United States Verdi, Attila: Seattle Opera, Soloists, Carlo Montanaro (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, 14.1.2012 (BJ)
Rare Oratorios from the Seventeenth Century
United States Carissimi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Stephen Stubbs (music director), Guillaume Bernardi (stage director), Christine Meyers (costume designer), Reed Nakayama (lighting designer), Josh Rietveldt (stage manager), solo singers and instrumentalists, St James Cathedral, Seattle, 13.1.2012 (BJ)
John Adams Illuminates a Mixed Program
United States Weber, Stravinsky, Mozart, and Adams: Orli Shaham (piano), Seattle Symphony, David Robertson (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.1.2012 (BJ)
Gerard Schwarz Returns to Continue a Beethoven Tradition
United States Humperdinck, Beethoven: Christine Goerke (soprano), Luretta Bybee (mezzo-soprano), John Mac Master (tenor), Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone), Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.12.2011 (BJ)
Lugansky: a Pianist of Awesome Talent
United States Chopin and Liszt: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), University of Washington President’s Piano Series, Meany Hall, Seattle. 15.11.2011 (BJ)