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INTERNATIONAL CONCERT INDEX
DECEMBER - JANUARY 2008
Beethoven:
Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo),
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Albert Dohmen (bass),
Munich Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Philharmonie
at the Gasteig, Munich – New Years Concert. 30.12.2008 (JFL)
Weber, Nielsen, and Berlioz:
Mathieu Dufour (flute) Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor) Symphony Center, Chicago
19.12.2008 (JLZ)
Handel, Messiah:
Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Sarah
Coburn, soprano, Sarah Heitzel, mezzo-soprano, Robert McPherson,
tenor, Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone, Seattle Symphony
Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.12.2008 (BJ)
Rodion Schtschedrin,
Szymanowski,
Beethoven: Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
(conductor), Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich 19.12.2008 (JFL)
Richard Dubugnon and Mahler:
Janine Jansen
(violin), soloists, Orchestre de Paris,
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Salle Pleyel, Paris, 17.12.2008 (MB)
Mozart, Mahler:
Members of the Bavarian State Orchestra,
Bavarian State Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor), National Theater,
Munich 15/16.12.2008 (JFL)
"Day of Carter" with Members
of the New York Philharmonic:
Kaplan Penthouse, New York City, 13.12.2008
(BH)
R. Strauss: Elektra
(in concert): Soloists,
Lorin Maazel (conductor), New York
Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 13.12.2008 (BH)
Munich Philharmonic Messiaen Festival 2008 -
Messiaen, Bernstein:
Marino Formenti (piano [1]), Ivo Gass (horn [1]),
Jörg Hannabach (xylorimba [1]), Andreas Moser
(glockenspiel [1]), Steven Osborne (piano [2]),
Philippe Arrieus (onde martenot [2]), Angela Maria
Blasi (soprano [3]), Mervan Mehta (speaker [3]),
Munich Philharmonic, Kent Nagano (conductor [1]), Jun
Märkl (conductor [2]), Zubin Mehta (conductor [3]),
Munich Philharmonic Choir [3], Boys Choir Tölz [3],
Gasteig, Munich November 21st – 23rd
[1], December 3rd, 5th, 7th
[2], December 11th – 13th [3]
2008 (JFL)
Making Music - Elliott
Carter: Soloists,
Donald Palma (conductor), Frank Scheffer
(film interludes), Jeremy Geffen (series moderator), Zankel Hall,
New York City, 12.12.2008. (BH)
Elliott Carter at 100:
Daniel Barenboim
(piano), James Levine (piano and conductor), Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 11.12.2008 (BH)
Handel, Vivaldi, and Tchaikovsky: Carolyn
Kuan, cond., Ben Hausmann, oboe, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 11.12.2008 (BJ)
Shostakovich and
Tchaikovsky: Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman(guest
conductor), Julia Fischer, violin, Symphony Center, Chicago
12.12.2008 (JLZ)
David Lang, Berio, Dvorak:
Jennifer Holloway
(mezzo-soprano), Ensemble ACJW, Weill Recital Hall, New York
City, 9.12.2008 (BH)
Haydn, Mozart, Ives and
Elliott Carter: Jonathan Biss
(piano), Orpheus, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 6.12.2008 (BH)
Composer Portraits at
Miller Theatre: Marc-André Dalbavie:
Dimitri Maslennikov (cello), Hsin-Yun
Huang (viola), Cliff Colnot (conductor), International Contemporary
Ensemble, Miller Theatre, New York City, 5.12.2008 (BH)
2nd Chamber Concert of the
Bavarian State Orchestra:
(2. Kammerkonzert des Bayerischen
Staatsorchesters): LazART Quartett (Adrian Lazar, Isolde Lehrmann
(violins), Johannes Zahlten (viola), Dietrich von Kaltenborn
(cello)), Allerheiligne Hofkirche (Court Church of All Saints) ,
Munich 30.11.2008 (JFL)
Strauss and Wagner,
Tod und Verklärung
and Die Walküre Act I:
Michaela Schuster (mezzo-soprano),
Nikolaï Schukoff (Siegmund), Günther Groissböck (Hunding),
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande; Marek Janowski
(conductor). Victoria
Hall, Geneva 30.11.2008 (JPr)
Stravinsky, Prokofiev,
Messiaen, Ravel : Igor
Gruppman (violin),
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , Yannick
Nézet-Séguin (conductor) De
Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam 30.11.2008 (BvW)
A
Unique International Blend of Flamenco, Jazz, and World Music:
The Arrebato Ensemble; The
Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre, Sydney, 27.11 2008. (ZT)
Falla, Albéniz, C. Romero, and García Lorca: Eliot
Fisk and Angel Romero, guitars, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 25.11.2008
(BJ)
Kurtág, Kafka Fragments:
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Geoff Nuttall, violin;
staging by Peter Sellars, presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach
Playhouse, Berkeley, California. 24.11.2008 (HS)
Schubert and Brahms:
Daniel
Barenboim (piano), James Levine (piano),
Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Matthew
Plenk (tenor), Shenyang (bass-baritone), MET Chamber Ensemble, Weill
Recital Hall, New York City, 23.11.2008 (BH)
Saint-Saëns and Summer Carols:
Emma Norris (soprano), Tracey Barnier-Willis
(mezzo soprano), Penny Mashlan (contralto), Tony Clemow (tenor),
Richard Kennaway (bass), Whangarei Choral Society, cond. Virginia
Hill, with Ju-An Kim (piano), St. John’s Church, Whangarei, New
Zealand, 23.11 2008 (PSe)
Purcell,
Schubert., Délibes, Coates, Mascagni and Vanhal:
Tracey
Barnier-Willis (mezzo soprano), Emma Norris (soprano), Northland
Sinfonia Orchestra, Atsuko Fukuoka (cond.), St. John’s Church,
Whangarei, New Zealand, Saturday 22.11. 2008
(PSe)
Juan
Diego Flórez in concert:
Works by
Bellini, Rossini, Pérez Soriano, Barrera
Saavedra and Donizetti. Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra. Conductor:
Christopher Franklin.
Auditorio El Baluarte de Pamplona. 21.11.2008 (JMI)
Mahler’s
Second Symphony: Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink(conductor),
Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Duain Wolfe, chorus director), Symphony
Center, Chicago 21.11.2008 (JLZ)
American Portraits: Andrew
Garland in Recital:
Andrew Garland (baritone), Donna Loewy
(piano), Weill Recital Hall, New York City, 21.11.2008 (BH)
Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Bermel - Guarneri Quartet, Johannes
Quartet:
Presented by
San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco, 20.11.2008
(HS)
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius:
Vassily Sinaisky, cond., Yevgeny Sudbin,
piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.11.2008 (BJ)
Lyadov, Rachmaninoff and Brahms/Schöenberg:
Stephen Hough (piano), Toronto Symphony Orchestra /
Andrey Boreyko (conductor),
Roy
Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada 20.11.2008 (PL)
Bartók, Shostakovich,
Dvořák, Bruckner:
Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor),
Philharmonic Hall at the Gasteig, Munich 13/14.11.2008
Richard Goode (piano), Bavarian State Orchestra, Kent Nagano
(conductor), National Theater, Munich 17/18.11.2008 (JFL)
Gustavo Dudamel and the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra:
Eyal Ein-Habar (flute), David McFerrin
(baritone), Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 16.11.2008 (BH)
The New York Philharmonic
Plays Bernstein at Carnegie Hall:
Glenn Dicterow (violin),
Ana María Martínez (soprano), Paul
Groves (tenor), New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt (Chorus
Director), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Carnegie
Hall, New York City, 14.11.2008 (BH)
Gershwin and Beethoven: Peter
Donohoe, piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Andreas Delfs,
cond.,Seattle, 13.11.2008 (BJ)
Beethoven: Ying Quartet, Illsley Ball Nordstrom
Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
12.11.2008 (BJ)
Elgar Festival, Program 3 – Elgar’s Enigmas:
James Ehnes (violin), Sydney Symphony,
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Sydney Opera House Concert Hall,
Sydney, 12.11.2008 (TP)
Penderecki, Zieleński, Górecki:
Olga Pasichayk (soprano), Sofia Soloviy
(soprano), Ewa Wolak (mezzo), Jorma Silvasti (tenor), Reinhard Hagen
(bass), Boris Carmeli (speaker), Munich Philharmonic Choir, Munich
Philharmonic, Krystof Penderecki, Munich 11.11.2008 (JFL)
"A Pole Apart": Music of
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: ARC
Ensemble, Edmond J. Safra Hall, Museum of
Jewish Heritage, New York City, 11.11.2008 (BH)
Marc-André Hamelin Recital:
Marc-André Hamelin
(piano), Jane Mallet Theatre, St. Lawrence Center,
Toronto. 11.11.2008 (PL)
Brahms,
Bolcom, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff: Emanuel
Ax and Yefim Bronfman, pianos, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 11.11.2008 (BJ)
Schoenberg, Schumann, Boulez
and Mozart:
Judith
Bettina (soprano), Jennifer Black (soprano), Matthew Plenk (tenor),
MET Chamber Ensemble, Weill Recital Hall, New York City, 9.11.2008
(BH)
Mozart, Berg and Sibelius:
Tetzlaff Quartet. Zankel
Hall, New York City, 8.11.2008 (BH)
Elgar Festival, Program 2 –
The Spirit of Delight:
Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), Sydney
Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall,
Sydney, 7.11.2008 (TP)
Mozart, Beethoven, and Dvořák: Stefan Jackiw, violin,
Seattle Symphony, John Fiore, cond.,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 6.11.2008 (BJ)
Mozart and Beethoven:
Alfred Brendel (piano), Munich
Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann, Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig,
Munich, 6.11.2008 (JFL)
Dawn Upshaw in Recital:
Dawn Upshaw
(soprano), Stephen Prutsman (conductor and piano), Evan Hughes
(bass-baritone), Michael Ward-Bergeman (hyper-accordion), Ensemble
ACJW, Zankel Hall, New York City, 2.11.2008 (BH)
Music of Remembrance -
works by Sargon, Navok, and Olivero:
Guenter Buchwald, conductor, soloists,
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
2.11.2008(BJ)
Copland, Carter, Bernstein and
Rouse:
Michelle DeYoung
(mezzo-soprano), Steven Stucky (host), David Robertson (conductor),
New York Philharmonic. Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 1.11.2008 (BH)
Schnittke and Tchaikovsky:
Gidon Kremer (violin), Marie-Elisabeth
Hecker (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann,
Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich, 30.10.2008 (JFL)
Lutoslawski, Bruckner:
Krystian Zimerman (piano), San Francisco
Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Davies Symphony Hall, San
Francisco, 30.10.2008 (HS)
The Salonen Touch -
America’s '20th Century
Orchestra' shares the Salonen legacy in Hong Kong with
best-loved classics:
Yefim Bronfman (piano), LA
Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa–Pekka Salonen,
Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong, 29.10.2008 and 30.10.2008 (PL)
The Four String Quartets of
Iannis Xenakis:
The Jack
Quartet, Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, 29.10.2008 (BH)
Bernstein's Mass:
Soloists, Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), United
Palace Theater, New York City, 25.10.2008 (BH)
Philip Glass, Steve Reich
and Rhys Chatham:
Either/Or,
Richard Carrick (founder), David Shively (founder), Issue Project
Room, Brooklyn, NY, 24.10.2008 (BH)
Strauss,
Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Schmidt:
Fabio Luisi, conductor; Joshua Bell, violin; San Francisco Symphony,
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 23.10.2008 (HS)
Rameau and Chopin:
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), St. Lawrence Center, Toronto, 21.10.2008.
(PL)
Rachmaninov and Taneyev: Yefim
Bronfman (piano) Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (guest conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago
18.10.2008 (JLZ)
Handel, Vivaldi, Respighi
and Bach:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Elisa Barston,
violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.10.2008 (BJ)
Mahler, Symphony No. 3:
Birgit Remmert (contralto), National Symphony
Orchestra, Iván Fischer, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC
17.10 2008 (RRR)
Mendelssohn, Richard
Strauss and Elgar:
Ainhoa Arteta (soprano), Orquesta
Sinfónica de Euskadi, Christopher Hogwood, Auditorio El Baluarte de
Pamplona. 15.10.2008 (JMI)
Panufnik, Bacewicz, and Chopin: Gerard Schwarz,
cond., Lang Lang, piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
14.10.2008 (BJ)
Schubert,
Schoeck:
Rosamunde Quartet, Christian Gerhaher
(baritone), Renaissance Hall, Dachau Palace, Dachau 11.10.2008
(JFL)
Gagaku Revolution, New
Sounds of Ancient Bamboo:
Reigakusha, Ensemble N_JP,
Thaddeus Squire (conductor), Japan Society, New York City,
10.10.2008 (BH)
Ravel, Prokofiev,
Shostakovich and Mussorgsky:
Martha
Argerich (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
(conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.10.2008 (BH)
Brahms:
Leonidas Kavakos (violin) and Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano),
Konzertdirektion Hörtnagel Herkulessaal, Munich 7.10.2008 (JFL)
Beethoven, Messiaen and
Brahms:
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), The MET
Orchestra, James Levine (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City,
5.10.2008
(BH)
Weill, Shostakovich:
Ute Lemper (vocalist), Hudson Shad (vocal
quartet), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor),
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 4.10.2008
(BH)
Albert, Shostakovich, and Strauss: Gerard Schwarz,
cond., Lynn Harrell, cello, Seattle
Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.10.2008 (BJ)
"Women Who Rock":
American Modern Ensemble, TheTimes Center, New York City, 29.9.2008
(BH)
Ravel,
Ma mere l’Oye and L’enfant et les sortilèges:
Soloists,
Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 27.9.2008 (MB)
Knussen and Beethoven:
Erin Wall (soprano), Kendall Gladen
(mezzo-soprano), Garrett Sorenson (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass),
New York Choral Artists (chorus director: Joseph Flummerfelt),
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Carnegie
Hall, 26.9.2008 (BH)
Jörg Widmann,
Beethoven:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor),
Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich 25.9.2008 (JFL)
Ligeti,
Poulenc and Prokofiev:
Katia
and
Marielle
Labèque
(pianos),
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), San Francisco
Symphony, Carnegie Hall, 25.9.2008 (BH)
Mahler:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Lauren Flanigan, Jane
Eaglen, and Jane Giering-De Haan, sopranos, Nancy Maultsby and
Jane Gilbert, altos, Vinson Cole, tenor, Clayton Brainerd,
bass-baritone, Harold Wilson, bass, Northwest Boychoir, Seattle Pro
Musica, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 25.9.2008 (BJ)
Opening Night of Carnegie
Hall's 118th Season:
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Christine Ebersole
(vocalist), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Drama and
Vocal Arts Students from the Juilliard School, Michael Tilson Thomas
(conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Carnegie Hall, 24.9.2008 (BH)
Tchaikovsky, Kirchner and
Schumann:
Maurizio Pollini (piano), James Levine
(conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York
City, 20.10.2008 (BH)
Rossini, Lalo and Tchaikovsky: Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (guest
conductor) Symphony Center, Chicago 19.9.2008 (JLZ)
Libby Larsen, Joan Tower,
Ravel:
Cassatt Quartet, Leonard Nimoy
Thalia Theatre, 18.9.2008 (BH)
Berlioz, Ibert and
Tchaikovsky: Opening Night of the New York Philharmonic:
Sir James Galway (flute), Lorin Maazel
(conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York,
17.9.2008 (BH)
Berlioz, Boito, Heggie, Ambroise Thomas, Offenbach, Copland,
Rodgers, and Gershwin: Gerard
Schwarz, cond., Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano, Samuel
Ramey, bass, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.9.2008
(BJ)
Chopin,
Schumann/Liszt, Wang Jian-zhong and Mussorgsky:
Yundi Li (piano)
Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Hong Kong 8.9.2008 (PL)
A
Festive Close for the Olympic Music Season: Bernard
Jacobson reviews the final concert, 7.9.2008 (BJ)
David T. Little: Soldier
Songs: David Adam Moore (The Soldier),
Brandon Rakowski (The Boy), Todd Reynolds (Conductor), Newspeak
Ensemble. Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, 7.9.2008 (BH)
Handel’s Fire and Water:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
Artistic Director and guest director Alfredo Bernardini (baroque
oboe). City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, 6. 9.2008 (ZT)
San
Francisco Symphony opening gala, Delibes, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff:
Yefim Bronfman, piano; Michael Tilson Thomas,
conductor; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 3.9.2008 (HS)
An
Evening with the Borodin Quartet: Hong
Kong City Hall. Hong Kong. 2.9.2008 (PL)
Ben
Heppner and Asher Fisch in Recital McCaw Hall, Seattle,
28.08.08 (BJ)
Salzburg Festival 2008
(3)
Bartók,
Schubert, J. Strauss jr.:
Cleveland Orchestra
/ Franz Welser-Möst / Kim Kashkashian,
Large Festival House, Salzburg 24.8.2008 (JFL)
Salzburg Festival 2008
(2) Bartók,
Debussy, Ravel,
Webern:
Quatuor Ébène,
Mozarteum, Salzburg 18.8.2008 (JFL)
Aspen
Music Festival (13):
Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder,
pianist Marc-André Hamelin in recital, pianist Jonathan Biss plays
Mozart. 18. 8.2008 (HS)
From Bach to Debussy -
A Piano Recital by
George Hadjinikos:
Horto / Pelion, Greece, 17.8.2008 (BM)
Aspen Music Festival
(12):
Edgar Meyer, bass, and Chris Thile,
mandolin; Massenet's Cendrillon. 15. 8.2008 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival
(11):
Sokolov plays Bartok, Eaglen sings Strauss, American String Quartet
plays Schubert, Webern, Bruckner. 11.8.2008 (HS)
Beethoven, Janáček, Shostakovich, and Schubert:
Seattle Chamber Music Society, The Overlake
School, Redmond, Washington, 8.8.2008 (BJ)
Whangarei Music Society, in association with Chamber Music NZ:
Tawahi Trio -
Donald O’Neil (viola), Jean-Michel Bertelli (clarinet), Richard
Beauchamp (piano) Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Whangarei, New
Zealand, 7.8.2008 (PSe)
Aspen Music Festival (10):
Mario
Formenti takes on Messiaen's Vingt
regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, American String Quartet plays Haydn,
Debussy and Beethoven, Vladimir Feltsman plays and conducts Bach,
Shostakovich and Mozart. 8.8.2008 (HS)
Aspen Music Festival (9):
Isbin plays Rodrigo; Haefliger, Zinman take
on Brahms, Beethoven; chamber music premiere. 4.8.2008 (HS)
Aspen
Music Festival (8):
Robert McDuffie violin
recital, John O'Conor plays Schubert, Percussion Ensemble. 1.8.2008
(HS
Munich
Opera Festival 2008 (8):
Verdi, Tchaikowsky, Loewe, Porter, Von Reznicek, Lehar,
Soloists: Karita Mattila
(soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Bayerische
Staatsorchester, conductor, Kent Nagano Nationaltheater
Munich. 28.7.2008 (JMI)
Aspen
Music Festival (7):
Slatkin conducts
Copland, Kalichstein plays Beethoven,
Gerhaher sings Schumann, Shaham plays Khatchaturian, Wolff conducts
Shostakovich. 28. 7.2008 (HS)
International Keyboard
Institute & Festival (2):
Marc-André Hamelin
(piano), Mannes Concert Hall, New York City, 26.7.2008 (BH)
Aspen
Music Festival (6):
Dinnerstein's
Goldberg Variations, Haefliger's Schubert
and Brahms, American Brass Quintet. 25.7.2008 (HS)
International Keyboard
Institute & Festival:
Philippe Entremont
(piano), Mannes Concert Hall, New York City, 23.7.2008 (BH)
Aspen Music Festival (5): Salerno-Sonnenburg in
Piazzola, Bronfman in Prokofiev, Joyce Yang, Ying Quartet. 20.7.2008
(HS)
Munich Opera Festival 2008
(1 and 2) :
Two
Song Evenings (Beethoven, Schumann, Mahler,
Wolf / Handel, Haydn, Mozart) :
Dorothea
Röschmann
(soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano) /
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo) & Charles Spencer (piano).
Munich Opera Festival 2008, Prinzregententheater, Munich, 2.07.2008
/ 19.7.2008 (JFL)
Whangarei Music Society - Piano Recital : Oleg
Marshev (pf.), Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Whangarei, New
Zealand, 17.7.2008 (PSe)
Aspen Music Festival (4):
Bronfman-Shaham-Harrell Trio powers through
Shostakovich; pianist Ann Schein plays Chopin, Schubert. 18. 7.2008
(HS)
Second Cuvilliés
Chamber Concert:
Bavarian State Opera, Opera Festival
2008: Hornists of the
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Cuvilliés Theater, Munich 15.7.2008
(JFL)
Tiroler Festspiele Erl 2008:
Mahler,
Symphony
No.8
Soloists, Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra and
Chorus, Wiltener Sängerknaben, Gustav Kuhn (conductor), Innsbruck,
Austria. 13.7.2008 (JFL)
Beethoven:
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Lioba
Brauns (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), Guido Jentjens (bass),
Munich Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Philharmonie
at the Gasteig, Munich – Special concert for the 850th anniversary
of the city of Munich. 12. 7.2008 (JFL)
Aspen Music Festival (3):
Kim plays Beethoven Concerto No. 5 with Shui,
Ax plays Mozart and Strauss with Zinman, Chang assays Sibelius with
Conlon. 11 - 13.7. 2008 (HS)
Sibelius, Szymanowski,
Tchaikovsky: Soloists, Grant
Park Chorus (Christopher Bell Chorus
Director) Grant Park Orchestra, Hannu Lintu, conductor,
Chicago, 11.7. 2008 (JLZ)
Rachmaninov,
Lalo,
Turina: Vadim Repin
(violin), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Kirill Petrenko (conductor), Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich
10.7.2008 (JFL)
Aspen Music Festival (2): Cavani Quartet, four-hand
piano with Joseph Kalichstein, Yefim
Bronfman, Emmanuel Ax and Misha Dichter; Rossini's "La
Cenerentola." 11.7.2008 (HS)
Aspen
Music Festival (1): Golijov's "Azul,"
Julia Fischer,
Gil Shaham, and others. 7. 7.2008 (HS)
R.Strauss,
Tchaikovsky,
Brahms:
Adrianne Pieczonka,
Munich Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Philharmonie
at the Gasteig, Munich 6.7.2008 (JFL)
Festival d’Aix en Provence (3) : Haydn Toru Yasunaga
(violin), Ludwig Quandt (’cello), Albrecht Meyer (oboe), Daniele
Damiano (bassoon). Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
(conductor). Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix en Provence. 6.7.2008
(MB)
Wagner and Mahler: Gerard
Schwarz, cond., Jane Eaglen, soprano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 28.6.2007 (BJ)
Grant Park Music
Festival 2008 (2) :
Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Bartok
Karina Gauvinl, soprano, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
(conductor) Chicago 28.6.2008 (JLZ)
Port
Townsend Music Festival 2008: Schubert, Auerbach,
and Brahms Tokyo String Quartet;
Attacca String Quartet; Helen Callus, viola; Joseph F. Wheeler
Theater, Port Townsend, WA, 27.6.2008 (BJ)
Beethoven, Ravel, Bartok, Say:
Fazil
Say (Piano), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Violin), ENKA Auditorium,
Istanbul, 27.6.2008 (AM)
Dvorak
and Mahler:
Michael Schade (tenor) Christian Gerhaher
(baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
(conductor), Herkulessaal, Munich 26.6.2008 (JFL)
Dvořák, Tchaikovsky:
Julia Fischer (violin), Munich
Philharmonic, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor), Philharmonic Hall -
Gasteig, Munich 23.6.2008 (JFL)
Hindemith,
Bloch, and Franck:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Joshua Roman,
cello, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.6.2008 (BJ)
Prokofiev/Eisenstein, Alexander Nevsky: Xiang
Zhang, cond., Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano,
John Goberman, producer, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Symphony Chorale,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.6.2007 (BJ)
Grant Park Music
Festival 2008: Beethoven,
Missa Solemnis : Soloists Grant Park Carlos Kalmar (conductor)
Orchestra and Chorus, Chicago
14.6.2008 (JLZ)
Bach, Cavalli, Druckman,
Kagel, Adès, Carter:
Ensemble ACJW,
Pablo Heras-Casado (Conductor), Zankel Hall, New York, 13.6.2008 (BH)
Brahms, Dvořák:
Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Bavarian
State Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor), National Theater,
Munich 9. 6.2008 (JFL)
Mahler, Symphony No. 9:
New York Philharmonic,
Lorin Maazel (Conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 7.6.2008 (BH)
V. Martín i Soler,
Philistaei a Jonatha dispersi :
Academia Bizantina, Coro de Cámara Amaltea.
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone. Teatro Martín i Soler de Valencia. 4.
6.2008 (JMI)
Haydn,
Bartók:
Lioba Braun - Judith, Rudolf Rosen - Bluebeard,
Munich Philharmonic, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor), Philharmonie at
the Gasteig, Munich 30.5.2008 (JFL)
Xanthos Ensemble:
Jeffrey Means (conductor), Roulette, New
York. 24.5.2008 (BH)
Brahms,
Ein Deutsches Requiem: Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone), Swedish
Radio Choir, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Valeri Gergiev (conductor),De
Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, 24.5.2008 (BvW)
Carter, Schumann, Tchaikovsky:
Jonathan Biss (piano), James Levine
(conductor), The MET Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York. 22.5.2008 (BH)
From Franck to Rachmaninoff:
Titos Gouvelis (piano) Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, 21.5.2008
(BM)
Brahms:
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Munich Philharmonic
Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Gasteig, Munich
17/18.5.2008 (JFL)
Handel:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Mark Morris,
choreographer, Adrianne Lobel, set designer, Christine Van Loon,
costume designer, James F. Ingalls, lighting designer, Christine
Brandes and Lisa Saffer, sopranos, John McVeigh, tenor, James
Maddalena, baritone, Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Mark Morris Dance
Group, Paramount Theater, Seattle, 18.5.2008 (BJ)
The MET Orchestra Plays
Mussorgsky: René Pape (bass),
The MET Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New
York. 18.5.2008 (BH)
Food and Music:
The American Modern Ensemble,Rob Paterson
(conductor), Tenri Cultural Institute, New York. 17.5.2008 (BH)
Haydn, Shostakovich:
Bernard Haitink (conductor), Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York. 16.5.2008 (BH)
Ravel, Peter Lieberson, Mahler:
Kelly O'Connor (mezzo-soprano), Bernard
Haitink (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New
York. 15.5.2008 (BH)
Schubert:
cond. Christoph Eschenbach,
Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia,
15.5.2008 (BJ)
Kaleidoscope - Latin
American Nights:
Carel
Kraayenhof (Bandoneón), Sydney Symphony Orchestra/ Kristian Jarvii
(conductor) Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, 15.5.2008 (SW)
Schumann, Brahms:
Antonio Meneses (cello), Daniel Hope
(violin), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
(conductor) Gasteig, Munich 11. 5.2008 (JFL)
Mahler, Symphony No.8
(Symphony of a Thousand):
Soloists, The Philadelphia SingersChorale, The Westminster Symphonic
Choir,Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, The American Boychoir, The
Philadelphia Orchestra /Christoph Eschenbach , Stern Auditorium,
Carnegie Hall, New York City 6.4.2008 (JM)
Respighi, Wuorinen and
Vivaldi: Orpheus,
Sarah Chang (violin), Robert Ingliss
(oboe), Alan Kay (clarinet), Stewart Rose (horn), Carnegie Hall, New
York. 10.5.2008 (BH)
Mahler, Ravel and Lieberson:
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo soprano, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Symphony Center,
Chicago 3.5.2008 (JLZ)
Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff:
Vadim Gluzman, violin; San Francisco
Symphony, James Gaffigan, conductor. Davies Symphony Hall, San
Francisco, 1.5.2008 (HS)
Mozart and Schubert: Günther Herbig, cond.,
Garrick Ohlsson, piano, Seattle Symphony,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2008 (BJ)
and
Mendelssohn, Dvořák, and Sibelius:
Günther Herbig, cond., Xavier Phillips, cello, Seattle Symphony,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.4.2008 (BJ)
Mozart, Bruch, Vaughan
Williams, Beethoven, and Brahms:
Stephen Bryant and Rachael Pearson,
violins, John Scanlon and Sue Jane Bryant, violas, Richard Treat,
cello, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, 25.4.2008 (BJ)
Moniuszko, Offenbach, Franck:
Jérôme Pernoo (cello), Bavarian State Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor), National
Theater, Munich 21.4.2008 (JFL)
Schubert
and Debussy:
Radu Lupu
(piano). Leipzig Gewandhaus. 19.4.2008 (MB)
Bach, Webern, Berg, and Schoenberg:
Scharoun
Ensemble and guests, Barbara Hannigan
(soprano); Pierre Boulez (conductor). Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal,
Berlin. 18.4.2008 (MB)
Ireland, Vaughan Williams,
Schubert, Fauré, et al:
Bryn
Terfel, bass baritone; Malcolm Martineau,
piano. Presented by Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall, University
of California at Berkeley, 17.4.2008 (HS)
Ars Musica 2008 Brussels :
Scelsi, Ledoux, Martin, Levinas :
Hughes
Kolp (electric guitar), Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul Dessy ,Théâtre
Marni, 15.4. 2008 (HC)
Kaleidoscope:
The Kurt Elling Trio and the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra / Ben Northey (conductor) Sydney Opera House.
14.4.2008 (SW)
Beethoven, Mahler:
Margarita Höhenrieder (piano); Sächsische
Staatskapelle Dresden; Fabio Luisi (conductor). Philharmonie am
Gasteig, Munich.
9.4.2008 (JFL)
Brahms:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Davies Symphony
Hall, San Francisco. 7.4.2008 (HS)
Bossi, Franck, Howells:
Robert Costin (organ), Saint
Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York,
6.4.2008 (BH)
Bach, Durante, Mozart, Haydn, Boccherini:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Sydney City
Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney 5.4.2008 (ZT)
Mahler,
Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
:
National Symphony Orchestra,
Master Chorale of Washington / Iván Fischer (conductor)
Juliane Banse (soprano)Kennedy Center
Concert Hall, Washington DC
4.4
2008 (RRR)
Bruch and
Bruckner: Gerard Schwarz, cond.,
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 3.4.2008 (BJ)
Bach,
Beethoven, and Mussorgsky:
Fazil
Say (piano). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 3.4.2008
(MB)
Copland, Chausson, León, Bizet:
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Carnegie
Hall, New York, 1. 4.2008 (AM)
Liszt, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saëns:
Jun Märkl, cond., Horacio Gutiérrez,
piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.3.2008 (BJ)
Keys to the Future III:
Lisa Moore, Tatjana Rankovich, Joseph
Rubenstein, Yukiko Tanaka (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert Hall, New
York City, 27.3.2008 (AM)
Keys to the Future II:
Amy Briggs Dissanayake, David Friend, Stephen
Gosling and Joseph Rubenstein (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert Hall,
New York City, 26.3.2008 (BH)
Keys to the Future I:
Marina Lomazov, Blair McMillen, Tatjana
Rankovich and Joseph Rubenstein (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert
Hall, New York City, 25.3.2008 (BH)
Mozart, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky: Barry
Douglas, cond. and piano, Camerata
Ireland, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.3.2008 (BJ
Liszt, Strauss, and
Dvořák: Elizabeth Stoyanovich,
conductor, Jeffrey Fair, horn, Bremerton
Symphony Orchestra, Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA,
22.3.2008 (BJ)
Pauline Viardot and
Friends:
Melody Moore,
soprano; Fredericka von Stade, mezzo
soprano; Vladimir Chernov, baritone; Peter Grunberg, piano; Marilyn
Horne, host and narrator; a salon presented by San Francisco
Performances at Herbst Hall, San Francisco, 22.3.2008 (HS)
Ravel, Liszt, and Bartók:
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Lang Lang (piano), Torsten
Schönfeld (percussion), Dominic Oelze (percussion).
Philharmonie, Berlin 22.3.2008 (MB)
Bach, Mass in B minor:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., Sarah Coburn,
soprano, Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano, Stanford Olsen, Tenor,
Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone, Seattle Symphony Chorale,
Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.3.2008 (BJ)
Messiaen
and Bach:
Julia
Kleiter (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager
(alto), Andreas Weller (tenor), Alfred Reiter (bass), Steven Osborne
(piano), Valérie Hartmann-Clavérie (ondes martenot). Rundfunkchor
Berlin, Simon Halsey (chorus master), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester
Berlin, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 21.3.2008
(MB)
Brahms, Schoenberg, and Wagner:
Lang Lang
(piano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor).
Philharmonie, Berlin, 20.3.2008 (MB)
Schubert :
Christine Schäfer (soprano); Eric
Schneider (piano). Herkulessaal, Munich, 19.3.
2008 (JFL)
'Sublime', Elgar, Vaughan Williams and others:
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti
(Artistic Director/Lead Violin), Katie Noonan (Voice),
Cameron Deyell (Electric Guitar,
Angel Place Recital Hall, Sydney, 15.3.2008 (SW)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov,
and Strauss: Gerard
Schwarz, cond., James Ehnes, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 15.3.2008 (BJ)
Mahler : Symphony
No 8 :
Soloists,
Massed Choirs and Orchestras, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Palais Omnisports de Paris, Bercy, France, 6.3.2008 (AO)
Mendelssohn, Gabriela
Lena Frank, Beethoven:
Brentano String Quartet, presented by San Francisco Performances,
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 5.3.2008 (HS)
Either/Or plays Helmut
Lachenmann: Either/Or,
Goethe Institut, New York City, 10. 3.
2008 (BH)
Hartke, Crumb, and Golijov:
Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Orquesta Los
Pelegrinos, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 29.2.2008 (BJ)
Dvorak,
Tubin,
Nielsen: Johannes
Moser (cello), Bavarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Philharmonie at the Gasteig,
Munich 29.02.2008 (JFL)
Spotlight on Frederic Rzewski:
Lisa
Moore
(piano), Greenwich House Music School
New York City, 28.2.2008 (AM)
Hartke, Crumb, Golijov:
Members of
eighth blackbird; Orquestra Los Pelegrinos; Dawn Upshaw, soprano.
Presented by Cal Performances, Zellberbach Hall, Berkeley,
California, 1.3.2008 (HS)
Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, and Beethoven: Gerard
Schwarz, cond., Scott Goff, flute, Seattle
Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.2.2008 (BJ)
Berio, Berlioz, Stravinsky:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Susan Graham
(mezzo-soprano), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York,
26.2.2008 (BH)
Pintscher, Bartók, Debussy:
Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Pierre Boulez (conductor),
Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.2.2008 (BH)
Brescianello, Rosano,
Handel, Heinichen, Porpora:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
Artistic Director with guest countertenor Andreas Scholl; Sydney
Recital Hall, Sydney, 23.2.2007 (ZT)
Webern,
Mozart, Berg, R. Strauss: Alfred
Brendel (piano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), The MET Orchestra,
James Levine (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York 17.2.2008 (BH)
Copland, Barber, Liszt, Bizet:
Arnaldo Cohen (pianist),
Oregon Symphony / Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall, Portland 17.2.2008 (JB)
Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky: Vladimir Jurowski, cond.,
Stephen Hough, piano, Russian National
Orchestra, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.2.2008 (BJ)
Galina
Ustvolskaya—Hidden Genius:
Continuum,
Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 16.2.2008 (BH)
Wagner, Jones, and Dvořák:
Gerard Schwarz, cond., John
Cerminaro, horn, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.2.2008
(BJ)
Messiaen
Turangalîla-symphonie:
Nicolas Hodges
(piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Saint Louis Symphony
Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor and moderator), Carnegie Hall,
New York, 15.2.2008 (BH)
Schubert, Brahms:
Stephen Hough, piano;
Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, conductor. Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 14.2.2008 (HS)
Bach :
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano).
Herkulessaal, Munich, 12.2. 2008 (JFL)
Cecilia Bartoli's Maria Malibrán Concert:
Cecilia
Bartoli (Mezzo soprano) Basel
Kammerorchester/ Julia Schröder (Conductor) Auditorio
de Valladolid. 12. 2.2008. (JMI)
Susan
Graham in Madrid: Teatro Real's
14th Lieder Series. Gounod, Saint Saens, Paladilhe and
others. Susan Graham (mezzosoprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid
11.2.2008.
(JMI)
Ligeti,
Liszt, Scriabin, Bartók, Ravel: Yuja
Wang (piano) Presented by San Francisco
Performances at Herbst Hall, San Francisco, 10.2.2008 (HS)
Varèse, Herbert, and Rachmaninoff: Michael Stern,
cond., Lynn Harrell, cello, Seattle
Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 8.2.2008 (BJ)
R. Strauss, Mahler:
Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall,
New York, 6.2.2008 (BH)
Ketting, Prokofiev, Brahms:
Yefim Bronfman
(piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor),
Carnegie Hall, New York, 5.2.2008 (BH)
Debussy, Berlioz:
Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall,
New York, 4.2.2008 (BH)
Adams, Beethoven, Schumann:
Kirill Gerstein (pianist), Oregon Symphony
/ Gregory Vajda (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland
3.2.2008 (JB)
"1938":
American Modern Ensemble, Robert
Paterson (conductor), Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 3.2.2008
(BH)
Berio,
Berlioz, and Stravinsky:
Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Symphony Center,
Chicago 2.2.2008 (JLZ)
Adés,
Haydn:
Munich Philharmonic, Markus Stenz (conductor),
Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich 30. 1.2008 (JFL)
Brahms,
Prokofiev and R. Strauss:
Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) / Orfeón
Pamplonés (choir) / Basque National Orchestra / Cristian Mandeal
(conductor) Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain 30.1.2008. (ED)
Debussy, Schoenberg, and Brahms: Ingo Metzmacher,
cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 31.1.2008 (BJ)
Bach and Rachmaninoff: Jeremy
Denk and Adam Neiman, pianos, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital
Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 26.1.2008 (BJ)
Schumann and Bruckner:
Radu Lupu (piano),
New York Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall,
New York, 26.1.2008 (BH)
The
Baltimore
Consort in
Fort Worth:
First Presbyterian Church,
Fort Worth,
Texas. 26.1.2008 (KS)
Ravel, De Falla, Debussy : Nicholas Angelich
(piano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
(conductor),De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, 26.1.2008 (BvW)
Berio and Brahms:
Synergy Vocals, Steven Stucky (host), New
York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New
York, 25.1.2008 (BH)
Mozart,
Dorman,
Ravel: Martin Grubinger
(percussion), Munich Philharmonic, Juraj Valcuha (conductor),
Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich 24.1.2008 (JFL
Messiaen, Mahler:
San Francisco
Symphony, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor,
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 24.1.2008 (HS)
Schubert: Ian Bostridge, tenor,
Julius Drake, piano, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland,
Oregon, 24.1.2008 (BJ)
Walton, Bach, Rodrigo, and Sarasate: Gil Shaham,
violin, Akira Eguchi, piano, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 22.1.2008 (BJ)
Gluck, Rossini, Bizet:
Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo -soprano)
National Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian Radio.
Conductor: Rossen Milanov, The Concert Hall, Valladolid, Spain
22.1.2008 (JMI)
Beethoven, Shostakovich:
Vadim Repin (soloist), West German
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Philharmonie at
the Gasteig, Munich 21.1.2008 (JFL)
MacMillan, Mendelssohn:
Sharin Apostolou (soprano), Amy Jo
Arrington (soprano), Ted deChatelet
(actor),
Maureen Porter (Actor),
Oregon Symphony / Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer
Concert Hall, Portland 20.1.2008 (JB)
Brahms, Liszt and Scriabin:
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), New York
Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New
York, 19.1.2008 (BH)
Mozart and Haydn: Jaime Laredo, cond./violin,
Elisa Barston, violin, Seattle Symphony,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 19.1.2008 (BJ)
From Bruch to Piazzolla :
Renato Ripo, cello and Péter
Nagy, piano,
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, January 16.1. 2008 (BM)
Bartók, Debussy, Chopin,
Dukas:
Ingrid Fliter (piano), Oregon Symphony /
Gregory Vajda (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland
13. 1.2008 (JB)
Mustafa Erdogan, Mevlana Oratorio:
Ankara State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Concert Master: Tayfun
Bozok, 11.1.2008 (BM)
Handel, A. Marcello, J.C. Bach, and Rameau: Gary
Thor Wedow, cond, Ben Hausmann, oboe, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 11.1.2008 (BJ)
Bach and Beethoven: Seattle Symphony,
Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Jessica Jones,
soprano, Meredith Arwady, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Rumph (Bach) and
Richard Cox (Beethoven), tenors, Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone,
Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
29.12.2007 (BJ)
and
Johann Strauss, Jr., Mozart, and Beethoven:
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Stewart Goodyear,
piano, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 5.1.2008 (BJ)
The Crossing:
Mark Anderson (organ), Donald Nally
(conductor), The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 21.12.2007 (BH)
Bach,
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232:
Soloists, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio
Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor), Michael Gläser (choir)
Herkulessaal, Munich 19.12.2007 (JFL)
Weill / Kaiser, Der
Silbersee:
(Concert Performance) Soloists.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin Rundfunkchor Berlin, Ingo
Metzmacher (conductor) Philharmonie, Berlin 16.12. 2007 (MB)
Wagner, Elgar, Nielsen:
Franz Bartolomey (Violincello), Wiener
Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna,
16.12.2007 (MBr)
'Inside the Music':
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4:
Andrey Boreyko (conductor), Gerard McBurney
(narrator and creative director), F. Murray Abraham (actor), New
York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, 14.12.2007 (BH)
Handel, Messiah:
Christian Knapp, conductor, Celena
Shafer, soprano, Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano, David Ossenfort,
tenor, Harold Wilson, bass, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle
Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.12. 2007
Gabrieli, Britten, MacMillan:
Munich Philharmonic, James MacMillan (conductor), Daniel Hope
(violin), Gasteig, Munich 12.12.2007 (JFL)
Handel, Messiah:
Elizabeth Stoyanovich, conductor, Jessica Robins Milanese, soprano,
Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Wall, tenor, Barry Johnson,
baritone, Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale, Bremerton Symphony
Orchestra, Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, 15.12.
2007 (BJ)
Stravinsky, Haydn
and Hindemith:
Staatskapelle Berlin, Pinchas
Zukerman (violin, viola, conductor) Philharmonie, Berlin 11.12. 2007
(MB)
Bach, Schumann, Chihara,
Theofanidis:
Christian Zacharias (piano), Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 8.12.2007 (BH)
Nino Rota, Franck:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Gasteig, Munich 6.12.2007 (JFL)
Stravinsky, Borodin:
Soloists, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater,
Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Carnegie Hall,
4.12.2007 (BH)
Berlioz, Dutilleux,
Duparc, Debussy:
Renée Fleming (soprano), James
Levine (conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall
3.12.2007 (BH)
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) :
(concert performance) Soloists, Chorus of
the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra,
Carnegie Hall, 2.12.2007 (BH)
Haydn, Bartok, Schumann:
Takacs
Quartet, Joyce Yang, piano; presented by Cal Performances at Hertz
Hall, University of California at Berkeley, 2.12.2007 (HS)
Glinka, Stravinsky:
Soloists, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater,
Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Carnegie Hall,
1.12.2007 (BH)