United States Here and Now Labor Day Festival: Jennifer Choi (violin), Yoko Reikano Kimura (shamisen), Nancy Allen Lundy (soprano), Ursula Oppens, Kathleen Supové, and Dalit Warshaw (piano), Bargemusic, New York City. 30.8.2017, 1-2.9.2017. (KG)
New York
At Mostly Mozart, Three Women Offer Compelling Glimpses of Nature
United States Oliveros, Thorvaldsdottir, Lim: Wu Wei (sheng), International Contemporary Ensemble / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor), Merkin Hall, New York City, 14.8.2017. (KG)
Absent Islamic Composers Increase an Evening’s Impact
United States Mofakham, Jabri, Yazdani, Shirazi, Dakouri: Friends of MATA / Carl Christian Bettendorf (conductor), DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City. 8.7.2017. (DS)
Two Humid Nights From Wet Ink Preface a Recording
United States Parkinson, Lamb, Pluta, Laskowski, Wubbels, Mincek, Soper: Wet Ink, St. Peter’s Episcopal Cburch, New York City, 12-13.6.2017. (KG)
An Ambitious Journey Through Italian Song
United States Scelsi, Landini, Sciarrino, Ciconia, Garau, Monteverdi, Rossi, Gesualdo: Trident Ensemble (Tim Keeler, Daniel Moody, countertenors; Owen McIntosh, Steven Soph, tenors; Edmund Milly, bass-baritone, Jonathan Woody, bass), The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York City, 27.5.2017. (KG)
Gilbert Brings New Works with Imagination and Wonder
United States Brahms, Thorvaldsdottir, Salonen: Leonidas Kavakos (Violin), Anu Komsi and Piia Komse (Sopranos), New York Philharmonic / Alan Gilbert (Conductor), David Geffen Hall, New York City. 19.5.2017. (DS)
Romanticism and a Recent Work from an Outstanding Quartet
United States Jalbert, Brahms: Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer, Hyeyung Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregor Beaver, cello), Toddler Palmer (clarinet), The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 11.5.2017 (KG)
Experiments in Opera: ‘Flash Operas’
United States Various: David Bloom (musical director), Rob Reese (director), Elyse Kakacek (soprano), Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Stoddard (tenor), Eric McKeever (baritone). Symphony Space, New York City. 6.5.2017. (DS)