MM 2: What a Difference an Orchestra Makes

United StatesUnited States  Mostly Mozart 2: Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 2.8.2012

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major
Symphony No. 3 in E-fIat major (“Eroica”)

Beethoven, Haydn: Christiane Karg (soprano), Julie Boulianne (soprano),Toby Spence (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone), Concert Chorale of New York,  James Bagwell (director), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 3.8.2012, (SSM)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Haydn: Missa (“Nelson Mass”)

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Stockhausen in an Enormous Space, and Risk to Match

United StatesUnited States Philharmonic 360: Gabrieli, Boulez, Mozart, Stockhausen, Ives: Soloists, Oratorio Society of New York, Manhattan School of Music Chamber Choir, Michael Counts (director), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Magnus Lindberg (conductor), Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Kent Tritle (conductor), Joshua Weilerstein (conductor), The Park Avenue Armory, 29.6.2012 (BH)

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