United States Tarik O’Regan, Robert Paterson: Soloists, American Modern Ensemble (presented by Ear Heart Music and American Opera Projects), Roulette, Brooklyn, NY. 22.4.2014 (DS)
Short Operas Show Soul in Brevity
New York
Boesch in Winterreise: Mad or Guilty?
United States Schubert: Florian Boesch (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 9.5.14 (DA)
Spark Missing from Haitink, Kavakos and the New York Phiharmonic
United States Webern, Berg, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 8.5.2014 (SSM)
A Collage of the Edgy and the Creative
United States MATA Festival: Bandeira, Diels, Hernandez, Weiser, Chen: Soloists, The Kitchen, New York City. 17.4.2014 (DS)
Photo (c) Noah Weber
Too Tame and Too Well-Behaved: Juilliard415 Plays Corelli
United States Corelli: Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (director), Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 25.4.2014 (SSM)
Miraculous Pacing in Levine’s Cosi fan tutte
United States Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/James Levine. Telecast from the Metropolitan Opera, New York at Barbican Cinema 1, London, 26.4.2014
William Christie Brightens New York’s Baroque Music Scene
United States Leclair, François Couperin: Juilliard415, William Christie (musical direction), Benoît Hartoin (musical preparation), Vélez Blanco Patio, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 11.4.2013 (SSM)
Presenting Organization (Music Before 1800)
Leclair: Ouverture in G major, Op.13, No. 1 (from Overtures et sonates en trio, Op.13)
François Couperin: La Sultane (from MS 129.949, Lyons, Bibliothèque Municipale)
Concert instrumental sous le titre d’Apothéose du Lulli
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Juilliard415, William Christie (conductor/director), Corpus Christie Church, New York, 13.4.2014 (SSM)
More Drama Off Stage Than On for Met’s Andrea Chénier
United States Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Soloists, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), The Metropolitan Opera House, New York. 12.4.14 (RP)