United States J. S. Bach, St. John Passion: Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Neal Davies (Bass-Baritone), Karina Gauvin (Soprano), Damien Guillon (Countertenor), Nicholas Phan (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Bass-Baritone), Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec, Bernard Labadie (Music Director and Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.3.2012 (SSM)
New York
Regrets, I Have a Few: Pacifica Quartet Ends Residence at Metropolitan Museum with Beethoven Cycle
United States Beethoven: Pacifica String Quartet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 12.11.2011, 07.01.2012, 25.02.2012, 10.03.2012 (GG)
In New York, Immersed in the Dreamworld of Kaija Saariaho
United States Making Music: Kaija Saariaho: Jean-Baptiste Barrière (video artist), Solistes XXI, Rachid Safir (director), Zankel Hall, New York City, 5.3.2012 (BH)
Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Perform Bach the Old-Fashioned Way
Bach: Teresa Wakim (Soprano), Bogna Batosz (Alto), Tilman Lichdi (Tenor), Klaus Mertens (Bass-baritone) Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 15.3.2012 (SSM)
A Rave for Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
United States Max Raabe & Palast Orchester, “One Cannot Kiss Alone”: Max Raabe & Palast Orchester, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 3.3.2012 (BH)
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis: Difficult Work, More Difficult Circumstances
United States Beethoven, Missa solemnis: Christine Brewer (Soprano), Michelle de Young (Mezzo-Soprano), Simon O’Neill (Tenor), Eric Owens (Bass-Baritone), Malcolm Lowe (Solo Violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver (Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 6.3.2012 (SSM)
Music of Luigi Nono from the Electronic Music Foundation
United States Nono: Soloists, NYU Percussion Ensemble, Frederick Loewe Theatre (New York University) and Judson Church, New York City, 27-28.2.2012 (BH)
Good and Bad Is All Good at New York City Opera
United States Verdi, La Traviata: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of New York City Opera, Steven White, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 16.2.2012 (GG)