United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (3), Messiaen, Ligeti, Benjamin: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), International Contemporary Ensemble, George Benjamin (conductor). Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 16.8.2015 (BH)
New York
Portrait of a Young Protégé
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (2), Dai Fujikura: International Contemporary Ensemble, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)
A Sense of Wonder as Indelible “Skin” Arrives Onstage
United States Mostly Mozart Festival 2015 (1), George Benjamin, Written on Skin (U.S. stage premiere): Soloists, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Katie Mitchell (director), David H. Koch Theater, New York City. 13.8.2015 (BH)
Mostly Mozart Festival Ends with Haydn’s Beginning
United States Mostly Mozart Festival, Finale: Haydn, The Creation, Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell (director), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Thomas Cooley (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 21.8.2015 (SSM)
A Hug for a Veteran Composer from Hamelin
United Kingdom Liszt, Yehudi Wyner, Chopin: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), International Keyboard Institute and Festival, The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, New York City. 19.7.2015 (BH)
More Mozart but Not “Mostly Mozart” and Across the River
United States Vivaldi, Mozart: Manhattan Symphonie, Gregory Singer (conductor, violin), Mark Peskanov (violin), Gregory Durozel (violin), Kyungha Ko (violin), Alexander Mishnaevski (viola), Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, New York, 1.8.2015 (SSM)
Not Mostly Mozart but All Mozart in Opening Concert of Festival
United States Mozart, Opening-Night Program Mostly Mozart Festival (Repeat of Tuesday Concert), Emanuel Ax (piano), Erin Morley (soprano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Louis Langrée (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 29.7.2015 (SSM)
Photo Credit: © Jennifer Taylor
Whispering or Yelling, Young Composers Tell It
MATA Festival, Concerts I and V: “Curiouser and Curiouser” and “Incomparable Contrivances”: Curious Chamber Players (April 14), Talea Ensemble (April 18), The Kitchen, New York City. 14/18.4.2015 (BH) April 14 Carlos Gutiérrez Quiroga: Jintili (2012) Tomi Räisänen: Stheno (2006) Todd Tarantino: …all words are already decided (2011-2015) Malin Bâng: palinode (2013) Johan Svensson: diamond … Read more