United States “A Concert for New York”: Mahler, Symphony No. 2: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (director), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City. 10.9.2011 (BH)
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NY Phil’s “West Side Story”: Restored Score Trumps Film Flaws
United States Bernstein, West Side Story: David Newman (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall. 8.9.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart: Less is More in Iván Fischer’s Production of Don Giovanni
Mostly Mozart Festival: Mozart, Don Giovanni: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor), Rose Theater at Time Warner Center, New York, 6.8.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart (9): Composers from Mozart to now peerlessly played by ICE
United States Mostly Mozart, International Contemporary Ensemble: Peter Serkin (piano), Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Matthias Pintscher (conductor), Dennis James (glass armonica), Alice Tully Hall / Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 8-11.8.2011 (BH)
Mostly Mozart (8): No Mozart, all Stravinsky Program
United States Mostly Mozart: Stravinsky: International Contemporary Ensemble, Peter Serkin (piano), Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 08.08.2011 (GG)
An opera grows in Brooklyn – A bucolic La Calisto at Proteus Gowanus
United States Francesco Cavalli, La Calisto: Soloists; Rachel Evans, Joan Plana Nadal (Baroque violins); Richard Kold, Theorbo, Motomi Igarashi (Viola da gamba and lirone); Judith Barnes (director); Jennifer Peterson (conductor and harpsichord); The VPR Chorus; Vertical Player Repertory. Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York. 10.8.2011 (GG)
Mozart’s “A Little Night Music” at New York’s Lincoln Center
United States Mostly Mozart Festival (7): Jennifer Koh (violin), Shai Wosner (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, NY, 24-08-2011 (SSM)
New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival Winds Down
United States Mostly Mozart (6): Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (Conductor), Bertrand Chamayou (Piano), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 23.8.2011 (SSM)