United States Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: András Schiff (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7.10.2012 (HS)
Seattle
Danish Conductor’s Debut: Insight, Imagination and Sheer Skill
United States Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Sibelius: Seattle Symphony, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Efe Baltacigil (cello), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.10.2012 (BJ)
Ludovic Morlot’s Musical Travelogue
United States Berlioz, Martinů, Debussy, and Respighi: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.9.2012 (BJ)
Seattle Symphony Opening Night—Festivities, But No Tchaikovsky
United States Smith, Gershwin, Bernstein, and Copland: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.9.2012 (BJ)
Seattle’s Turandot: More Than Just Spectacle
United States Puccini, Turandot: Seattle Opera, soloists, Asher Fisch (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 4 & 5/8/2012 (BJ)
Brahms Quintet Spotlights Olympic Festival Director
United States Wolf, Beethoven, and Brahms: Charles Weatherbee and John Ewing (violins); Korine Fujiwara and Alan Iglitzin (violas); David Hardy (cello); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 21.7.2012 (BJ)
Seattle Chamber Music Society in Premiere by Gary Kulesha
United States Debussy, Kulesha, Dvořák: various artists, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.7.2012 (BJ)
Seriousness and Fun from Seattle Chamber Music Society
United States Brahms, Mozart, Dvořák, Bartók, Milhaud, Mendelssohn: Seattle Chamber Music Society, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 11.7.2012 (BJ)