Italy :Verdi, Macbeth: Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro dell’Opera, Rome, 29.11.2011 (JB)
Rome
A Critical Confession: A Young Moldovan in the Pianistic Jungle in Rome
Italy Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Constantinov, Liszt: Serghei Constantinov (piano), Teatro Ghione, Rome, 27.11.2011 (JB)
Dudamel Destroys Beethoven in Rome
Italy Beethoven, Ravel, Stravinsky: Orquesta Sinfonica di Venezuela Simon Bolivar, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Rome, 23.11.2011 (JB)
Shakespeare! With Astonishing Illuminations from Tchaikovsky, Pasternak, Kozintsev Shostakovich, Abbado and Italy’s President
Italy Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Anatoli Kotscherga (baritone), Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia, Ciro Visco (chorus master), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Rome, 20.11.2011 (JB)
The Pleasures of Two Rare Quintets: Ralph Vaughan Williams and Louise Farrenc at the Quirinale
Italy Ralph Vaughan Williams, Quintet in C minor (1903); Louise Farrenc, Quintet in E no. 2 for piano and strings (1840): Quintetto Bottesini: Alessandro Cervo (violin) Federico Stassi (viola) Giacomo Menna (cello) Roberto Della Vecchia (double bass) Linda di Carlo (piano) Cappella Paolina of the Quirinale Palace Rome, RAI Tre Sunday Midday Concerts, 20.11.2011 (JB)
Understanding the Tchaikovsky Enigma: Evgene Onegin at Santa Cecilia
Italy Tchaikovsky: Evgene Onegin, opera in three acts in concert form, Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 9.11.2011 (JB)
How to Turn Chopin into a Rag Doll: A Piano Lesson from Ivo Pogorelich
Italy Chopin: Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome 4.11.2011 (JB)
The Symphony That Should Not Speak Its Name: Mahler’s Eighth Opens Santa Cecilia Season
Italy Mahler, Symphony no. 8: Manuela Uhl, Christine Brewer, Ailish Tynan (sopranos), Sara Mingardo and Maria Radner (contraltos), Nickolai Schukoff (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale of Santa Cecilia and the China National Chorus, Ciro Visco and Vijay Upadhyaya (chorus masters), Antonio Pappano (conductor), Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome 23.10.2011 (JB)