United States Aspen Music Festival 2024 [3]: Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Three contrasting approaches to music, all valid, on three nights in Aspen
Harvey Steiman
A fine weekend for concertos at the Aspen Music Festival
United States Aspen Music Festival 2024 [2]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Matthew Aucoin, Alisa Weilerstein and Renée Fleming highlight a piquant first week in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival 2024 [1]: Aspen, Colorado. (HS)
Salonen’s majestic Bruckner Symphony No.4 brings high notes to turbulent times in San Francisco
United States R. Schumann, Bruckner: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 23.6.2024. (HS)
Partenope delights with terrific singing, sprightly playing and San Francisco Opera’s surrealist staging
United States Handel, Partenope: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Christopher Moulds (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 15.6.2024. (HS)
Captivating Russian works from Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the San Francisco Symphony led by Salonen
United States Various: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 13.6.2024. (HS)
Salonen and the SFS extend works by Ravel and Schoenberg with stagings, dancing and singing
United States Ravel, Schoenberg: Mary Elizabeth Williams (soprano), Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco Symphony / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 8.6.2024. (HS)
Innocence, Kaija Saariaho’s masterpiece, packs a wallop in its U.S. premiere in San Francisco
United States Saariaho, Innocence: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera / Clément Mao-Takacs (conductor). War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 1.6.2024. (HS)
