United States Martin, Mendelssohn, Bartók: Soloists, James Ehnes (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (chief conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 14.2.2012 (BH)
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The Crossing and Piffaro Combine in Kile Smith’s “Vespers”
United States Kile Smith:“Vespers”: Piffaro, The Crossing, Donald Nally (conductor), Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City, 9.1.2012 (BH)
Norrington’s Classical Equation: 2 x 39 + 1 =
United States Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Jeremy Denk (piano), Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 16.2.2012 (SSM)
Avant Music Festival: Sine Waves and John Cage
United States Avant Music Festival, Concerts I and II: Soloists, Ekmeles, loadbang, Wild Project, New York City. 10-11.2.2012 (BH)
Met’s Traditional Götterdämmerung Boasts a Strong Cast
United States Met Live in HD 2011/12, Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Produced by Robert Lepage, directed for TV by Gary Halvorson and broadcast to the Renoir Cinema, London, 11.2.2012. (JPr)
Is it True? The First All-Rădulescu Concert in New York?
United States Horatio Rădulescu: Portrait Concert: Either/Or, Park Avenue Christian Church, New York City, 28.1.2012 (BH)
At Juilliard, Focus! 2012 Concludes its Celebration of John Cage
United States Focus! 2012, Sounds Re-imagined: John Cage at 100 (Concert VI): Soloists, New Juilliard Ensemble, Joel Sachs (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 3.2.2012 (BH)
Goldberg Variations: Refracted and Re-Gilded
United States Bach/Holloway: Steven Ryan and Catherine Venable (piano), “Refracted Bach: Dessoff Choirs’ 2012 Midwinter Festival,” Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.02.2012 (SSM)