United States Zorn @ 60: The Holy Visions: Soloists, John Zorn (composer and organist), Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 18.7.2013 (DS)
Lincoln Center Festival: A Longtime Explorer Turns 60
New York
Guitar Masters With an Occasional Oud
United States Classical Guitar in the Americas: Zaira Meneses (guitar), Carlos Barbosa-Lima (guitar), Francisco Roldan (guitar), Carlo Valte (oud), Rex Benincasa (percussion). Americas Society, New York City. 9.7.2013 (KC)
Q: What’s Better Than a Guitar? A: Six of Them
United States Guitar Duo Extravaganza: Newman & Oltman (Guitar Duo), Joanne Castellani & Michael Andriaccio (Duo Guitarists), Carlos Barbosa-Lima and Larry Del Casale (Duo Guitarists). Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes College of Music. 10.7.2013 (KC)
A Master of the Classical Guitar in His Prime
United States Mangore, Scarlatti, Bach, Rochberg, Ponce, Albéniz, Halffter: Eliot Fisk (guitar), Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes School of Music, New York City. 11.7.2013 (KC)
Boston Baroque Announces 40th Anniversary Season: “A Season to Sing About”
United States
“A SEASON TO SING ABOUT”
BOSTON BAROQUE ANNOUNCES 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013 – 2014 SEASON INCLUDE ENSEMBLE’S FIRST BEETHOVEN NINTH SYMPHONY, HANDEL’S MESSIAH AND MONTEVERDI’S IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA
Swooning, Blaring, Shaking, Jumping in Copland Clarinet Concerto
United States Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Copland, Marsalis: Mark Nuccio (clarinet) New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 1.6.2013 (DS)
Inspired by the Devil, with Heavenly Results
United States Sciarrino, Tartini, Stroppa, Bianchi, Eckardt: Miranda Cuckson (violin), Blair McMillen (piano), Italian Academy, Columbia University, 8.5.2013 (DS)
Everything Great—and Everything Perplexing—from Rattle
United States Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Beethoven: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17.5.2013 (DA)