United States Aspen Music Festival (3): Faculty artists, Aspen Philharmonic, Robert Spano (conductor), American Brass Quintet. Aspen, Colorado, 15-17.7.2013 (HS)
Harvey Steiman
Denk Throws Changeups; Daniel Hope Brings Richness to Britten
United States Aspen Music Festival (2): Jeremy Denk (piano), Daniel Hope (violin), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Christopher James Lee (conductor), Michael Stern (conductor). 13-14.7.2013 (HS)
Aspen’s ‘Candide’ Hits the Mark
United States Bernstein, Candide: Soloists, orchestra and chorus of Aspen Opera Theater Center, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado. 11.7.2013 (HS)
Adamo’s “Gospel”: Half a Fine New Opera Better Than None
United States Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2013 (HS)
Not Your Father’s Hoffmann
United States Offenbach, Tales of Hoffmann: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 5.6.2013 (HS)
On the Big Screen with Philip Glass
United States Glass: La Belle et la Bête: Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman (conductor), with the 1946 film by Jean Cocteau, presented by San Francisco Performances, Lam Research Theater at YBCA, San Francisco. 23.5.2013
Glass: Koyaanisqaatsi
Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman (conductor), with the 1983 film by Godfrey Reggio, presented by San Francisco Performances, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 26.5.2013 (HS)
Hamelin, Robertson Pull Their Punches
United States Carter, Ravel, Gershwin Marc-André Hamelin (piano), San Francisco Symphony, David Robertson (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 24.5.2013 (HS)
Banjo in Bluegrass, Jazz and Bach—and the National Anthem
United States Béla Fleck (banjo), SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco. 16.5.2013 (HS)