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INTERNATIONAL
CONCERT INDEX
JUNE - JANUARY 2009
Kernis, Beethoven, and Holst : Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Hyunah Yu, soprano, Paul Karaitis, tenor, Robert Gardner, baritone, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 25 & 27.6.2009 (BJ)
Baroque Tapas: Brandenburg Soloists with Paul Dyer, Artistic Director; Old Masters Gallery, Art Gallery of N.S.W. Sydney, 27.6.2009 (ZT)
Saxå Chamber Music
Festival 2009 : Saxå Bruk, Sweden, 25.6.2009 (GF)
Bach,
Schnittke, Schubert, and Prokofiev:Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Midori, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 18.6.2009 (BJ)
The Opening of
Italy's 45th Pontino Music Festival 2009 :Jack
Buckley reports from
Sermoneta and Fossanova 27 and 28. 6.2009 (JB)
Chicago Dvořák Festival -
Final Program: Patricia Racette, soprano; Philip Cutlip,
baritone; Rachel Barton Pine, violin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra;
Chicago Symphony Chorus, , violin, Sir Mark Elder, CBE, guest
conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Duain Wolf, Chorus Directory,
Symphony Center, Chicago 18.6.2009 (JLZ)
Chopin, Liszt,
Sibelius, Ravel: Ivo Pogorelich
(piano), Laeiszhalle
Hamburg, 14.6.2009 (TKT)
Chicago Dvořák Festival 2009 - American Quintet, The Midday Witch, and
Symphony no. 3 : Chicago
Symphony Orchestra,
Emerson String Quartet [and] Paul Neubauer, viola, Sir Mark Elder, CBE,
conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago
13.6.2009 (JLZ)
Schnittke,
Brahms-Schoenberg, Ravel, Messiaen, Stravinsky: Munich Philharmonic, Andrey
Boreyko (conductor) & Fazil Say (piano), Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor), Herkulessaal, Munich
5.6.2009 & 12.6.2009 (JFL)
Musorgsky, Adès, and
Stravinsky: David Robertson, conductor, Leila Josefowicz,
violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 11.6.2009 (BJ)
Schumann,
Schubert:Julia Fischer, violin;
Yefim Bronfman, piano;
Luis Baez, clarinet; Yun Jie Liu, viola; Peter Wyrick, cello; Scott
Pingel, bass. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 7.6.2009 (HS)
Chicago
Dvořak Festival 2009 - Opening Concert: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Janine
Jansen, violin, Sir Mark Elder, CBE, conductor, Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 7.6.2009 (JLZ)
Mahler, Conus, and Prokofiev: Gerard Schwarz, conductor,
Maria Larionoff, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
6.6.2009 (BJ)
Mozart, Dvořák, and
Beethoven: Stephen Bryant and Rachael Pearson,
violins, Sayaka Kokubo and Sue Jane Bryant, violas, Rich Eckert, cello,
The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, 5.6.2009 (BJ)
Berg, Schubert: San Francisco Symphony, Julia Fischer, violin; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Michael Tilson Thomas,
conductor; Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 5.6.2009 (HS)
Smetana, Stock, and Rachmaninoff: James
DePreist,cond., Joshua
Roman, cello, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
30.5.2009 (BJ)
Verdi, Requiem: Heidi Melton
(soprano) Stephanie Blythe
(mezzo) Stefano Secco (tenor) Andrea Silvestrell (bass) Ian Robertson
(Chorus director) ; The San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Donald Runnicles, San Francisco Opera House, San
Francisco, 30.5.2009 (PD)
Schubert, Berg:
San Francisco Symphony,
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle de Young, mezzo-soprano.
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 27.5.2009 (HS)
Schubert, Mozart,
Schumann: Lilit
Grigoryan (piano), Steinway-Haus Hamburg, 28.5.2009 (TKT)
Hommage à
Ligeti : UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Péter Nagy, piano, Zoltán Rácz conductor,
Budapest Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall 26.5.2009
(BM)
Bach/Kempff,
Gluck/Kempff, Chopin, Kreisler/Rachmaninov, Wagner/Liszt :
Idil Biret piano, Megaron,
the Athens Concert Hall 23.5.2009 (BM)
Chopin
and Brahms: Lang
Lang, piano and the
Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Harding, Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall,
May 23.5.2009 (BM)
Vivaldi:
Soloists, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir; Sydney City Recital
Hall Angel Place, Sydney 15. 5.2009 (ZT)
Mendelssohn, Herrmann,
and Tchaikovsky: American String Project, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 14.5.2009 (BJ)
Mirror of Memory:
soloists, ensemble, Spectrum Dance Theater,
Northwest Boychoir, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle, 11.5.2009 (BJ)
Purcell, Britten and
Shostkovich: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Chicago Symphony
Orchestra,
Bernard Haitink, Symphony Center, Chicago 8.5.2009 (JLZ)
Mozart Dances:
Garrick Ohlsson and Yoko Nozaki, Seattle
Symphony Stefan Asbury, cond., Mark Morris Dance Group, Paramount Theatre,
Seattle, 1.5.2009 (BJ)
Donizetti, Ravel,
Saint-Saëns, and Strauss: Stefan Farkas (English horn), Tianwa Yang (violin),
Emily Hindrichs (soprano), Elizabeth Pojanowski (mezzo-soprano), Erich
Parce (baritone and narrator), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.5.2009 (BJ)
Mozart
and Berlioz: Imogen
Cooper (piano), Matthew
Polwnzani (tenor), Tanglewood Festival Chorus, PALS Children's Chorus,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis,
Symphony Hall, Boston, 2.5.2009 (KH)
J.
S. Bach, Schumann and Prokofiev:
Martin Stadtfeld (piano),
Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 28.4.2009 (TKT)
Ravel,
Debussy and Stravinsky: Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Susanna Mälkki, Symphony Hall, Boston, 25.4.2009 (KH)
Vaughan
Williams, Glière, and Jim Cockey:
Corey McKnight (countertenor), Robyn Wells (piano), Jack Koncel (double
bass), The Langroise Trio (Geoffrey Trabichoff (violin). David Johnson
(viola), Samuel Smith (cello)), Langroise Recital Hall, College of
Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, USA. 25.4.2009 (PSh)
Webern,
Mahler and Schubert: Christianne Stotijn
(mezzo soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 24.4.2009 (JLZ)
Bizet, Poulenc and
Vaughan Williams:
Paul Jacobs (organ), Nadya Tichman (violin),
San Francisco Symphony, Yan-Pascal Tortelier, Davies Symphony Hall, San
Francisco, 24.4.2009 (HS)
Liszt,
Schubert, and Schubert/Liszt:
Marc-André Hamelin
(piano), Seattle Symphony, Dennis Russell Davies, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 23.4.2009 (BJ)
Antes,
Smith, Gershwin and Beach:
Stephanie Blythe
(mezzo-soprano), Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, presented by
San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 23.4.2009 (HS)
Mozart
and Schubert:
Quatuor Mosaïques, presented
by Cal Performances at First Congregational Church, Berkeley,
California, 22.4.2009 (HS)
Mozart, Mussorgsky-Ravel:
San Francisco Symphony, Lisa
Saffer, soprano; Donato Cabrera, conductor; Davies Symphony Hall, San
Francisco. 17.4.2009 (HS)
Schumann,
Hovhaness and Bartók:
Maki Namekawa (piano),
Seattle Symphony, Dennis Russell Davies, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
16.4.2009 (BJ)
Bach:
St John Passion:
Soloists, Choir of St
Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Georg Christoph
Biller, St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, 10.4.2009 (MB)
Hubbard
Street Dance and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Hubbard
Street Dance Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Xian Zhang, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 10.4.2009 (JLZ)
Foerster
and Haydn:
Inga Kalna (soprano),
Michelle Breedt (mezzo soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Carsten
Sabrowski (bass), Prague Chamber Choir. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,
Gerd Albrecht, Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall, Prague, 9.4.2009 (GD)
“Vontasia” - Haydn, Chen Yi, Wayan
Yudane, Mike Yuen and Mendelssohn:
NZTrio (Justine Cormack,
violin; Ashley Brown, cello; Sarah Watkins, piano), Capitaine
Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand,
5.4.2009 (Pse)
Schubert:
Winterreise, D911:
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone),
Daniel Barenboim (piano). Philharmonie, Berlin, 9.4.2009 (MB)
Brahms
– Ein deutsches Requiem,
op.45: Chen Reiss (soprano), Hanno
Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Staatsopernchor Berlin, Staatskapelle
Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 7.4.2009
(MB)
Wagner,
Zimmermann, Sibelius and Saariaho:
Karita Mattila (soprano), Anssi
Karttunen (cello), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson,
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 4.4.2009 (BH)
Boccherini,
Mozart, Reger and Glazunov:
Ensemble M, Clyde Theatre,
Langley, WA, 4.4.2009 (BJ)
Tan
Dun,
de Falla and Bartók:
Lang Lang (piano), Saho Rong
(pipa), Munich Philharmonic, Tan Dun (conductor), Philharmonic Hall,
Gasteig, Munich 3.4.2009 (JFL)
Last Songs for the King:
Peter Tantsits (tenor),
International Contemporary Ensemble, Le Poisson Rouge, New York City,
2.4.2009 (BH)
David
Diamond, Samuel Jones and Brahms:
Ko-ichiro Yamamoto
(trombone), Vadim Repin (violin), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.4.2009 (BJ)
Mozart,
Satie, Hindemith and Gruber: David Robertson (conductor and
chansonnier), Ward Stare (conductor), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Zankel Hall, New York City, 3.4.2009 (KKT)
MATA
Festival 2009, Concert III: NOW Ensemble,
Bing and Ruth.
(Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 3.4.2009 (JE)
Bach,
St Matthew Passion (Leipzig Concert) :
Soloists, Choir of St
Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, Tölz Boys’ Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 3.4.2009
(MB)
MATA
Festival 2009, Concert II:
Sawako, Ne(x)tworks, (Le)
Poisson Rouge, New York City, 1.4.2009 (BH)
Beethoven,
Shostakovich, and Strauss: Leonidas Kavakos, violin; Enrico Pace,
piano; Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 1.4.2009 (BJ)
Nyman, Mozart and
Beethoven : Stephen
Kovacevich, piano – The
Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra, Alexandros Myrat, conductor ,
Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall, 30.3.2009 (BM)
Ravel, Prokofiev and Stravinsky: Lisa
Batiashvili
(violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Symphony
Hall, Boston, 28.3.2009 (KH)
Grieg and Bruckner:
Gerard Schwarz, conductor,
André Watts piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.3.2009
(BJ)
Czernowin,
Carrick, Hoffman and Lachenmann:
Either/Or, Merkin
Concert Hall, New York City, 26.3.2009 (BH)
Mendelssohn, R.Strauss,
Ravel:
Anja Harteros (soprano),
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor),
Philharmonic Hall, Gasteig, Munich 26.3.2009 (JFL)
Ravel
and Prokofiev:
Louis Lortie (piano), Toronto Symphony
Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto,
26.3.2009 (PPLL)
Mozart,
Prokofiev, Beethoven and Martinů:
Julia Fischer (violin), Malina Cheryavska (piano), Laeiszhalle,
Hamburg, 21.3.2009 (TKT)
Britten, Stravinsky,
and Berlioz: Leonard Slatkin,
conductor, Julian
Rachlin, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.3.2009
(BJ)
Mozart,
Bruckner:
Jonathan Biss (piano), National
Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Kennedy Center
Concert Hall, Washington, D.C., 19.3.2009 (RRR)
Beethoven: Ebène
Quartet, Illsley Ball Nordstrom
Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.3.2009 (BJ)
Mariss Jansons and the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in New York (III): Gil
Shaham (violin), Mariss Jansons
(conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Halll, New
York City, 15.3.2009 (BH)
Mariss
Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in New York (II): Ricarda
Merbeth (soprano), Michelle Breedt
(mezzo-soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone),
Westmintster Symphonic Choir, Joe Miller (conductor).
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 14.3.2009 (BH)
Beethoven: Valentina
Lisitsa (piano), Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Symphony Center, Chicago 14.3.2009
(JLZ)
Elgar
and Dvořák:
Tasmin Little (violin), Seattle Symphony,
Gerard Schwarz, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 12 and 14.3.2009 (BJ)
Nielsen,
Mozart and Brahms: Richard
Goode (piano), Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, Symphony Hall, Boston, 14.3.2009
(KH)
Mariss Jansons and the
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in New York (I): Emanuel
Ax (piano), Mariss Jansons (conductor),
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
13.3.2009 (BH)
Fauré,
Debussy and Ravel:
Quatuor Ébène, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC 13.3.2009 (RRR)
Shostakovich and
Tavener:
Joshua Roman (cello), Northwest
Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle 13.3.2009 (BJ)
Stravinsky, Elliott Carter
and Varèse: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor), Carnegie Hall,
New York, 10.3.2009 (BH)
Janáček,
Szymanowski, Stravinsky: Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Soloists, Pierre Boulez
(conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.3.2009 (BH)
Haydn, Bartók, Schubert:
Takács Quartet,
with Peter Wyrick, cello. Presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall,
University of California at Berkeley, 8.3.2009 (HS)
Sibelius,
Rakhmaninov and Ives:
Stephen Hough, piano,
Stephen Drury, solo piano, Tanglewood Festival Chorus (John Oliver,
conductor) Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (guest conductor), Boston,
7.3.2009 (KH)
Wolf,
Joseph Marx, Bruckner:
Angela Maria Blasi (soprano),
Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Walt Disney Concert
Hall, Los Angeles, 3.3.2009 (RRR)
Mozart:
Taryn Fiebig, soprano; Tobias Cole,
countertenor; Andrew Goodwin, tenor; Hans-Georg Wimmer, baritone;
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir; Paul Dyer; Sydney City
Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, 27.2.2009 (ZT)
Berg, Mahler:
Christiane Oelze (soprano),
Munich Philharmonic,
Daniele Gatti,
Munich 26/28. 2.2009 (JFL)
Mozart
and Webern:
Fazιl Say (piano) and Ensemble
Resonanz. Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 25.2.2009 (TKT)
Rossini, Bellini,
Donizetti, et al: Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo soprano; Sergio
Ciomei, piano; presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall,
University of California at Berkeley. 22.2.2009 (HS)
Dvořák, Shostakovich:
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello),
Munich Philharmonic,
Yakov Kreizberg,
Munich 22. 2.2009 (JFL)
Szymanowski,
Schumann, and Shostakovich:
Beau Metro Quartet,
The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, 20.2.2009 (BJ)
Musorgsky, Dvorak,
Tchaikovsky:
Sebastian Klinger (cello),
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling (conductor),
Herkulessaal, Munich 20.2.2009 (JFL)
J. S. Bach, Mozart,
Armstrong, Debussy, Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Kit Armstrong (piano), C. Bechstein Centrum Hamburg,
20.2.2009 (TKT)
Schubert,
Vanhal, and Mozart:
Jordan
Anderson (double bass),
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
19.2.2009 (BJ)
The New York Philharmonic
at Carnegie Hall (II):
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Lorin
Maazel (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York
City, 18.2.2009 (BH)
The New York Philharmonic
at Carnegie Hall (I):
Soloists, New York Choral Artists,
Westminster Symphonic Choir, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Lorin Maazel
(conductor), New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York City,
17.2.2009 (BH)
Beethoven,
Schubert:
Grigory Sokolov (piano),
Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 17.2.2009 (TKT)
Grieg,
Bruch, Stravinsky, Paganini, Tchaikovsky:
Yuri Bashmet (solo
viola/conductor), Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Roy Thomson Hall,
Toronto, 17.2.2009 (PPLL)
Britten, Bach, and
Walton: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Julia
Fischer, director and violin, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.2.2009 (BJ)
Glass,
Music in Twelve Parts:
Philip Glass Ensemble,
presented by San Francisco Performances, Davies Symphony Hall, San
Francisco. 16.2.2009 (HS)
Bartók, Schumann,
Mozart: Takacs Quartet
(Edward Dusinberre, Karóly
Schranz, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello) with
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall,
University of California at Berkeley. 15.2.2009 (HS)
Britten, Bach, Walton: Academy of St.
Martin in the Fields, Julia
Fischer, violin and director, presented by Cal Performances, Zellerbach
Hall, University of California at Berkeley. 14.2.2009 (HS)
Ravel,
Rachmaninoff, and Fauré:
Nikolai Lugansky (piano),
Joyce Guyer (soprano), Michael Anthony McGee (baritone), Seattle
Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, JoAnn Falletta, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 12.2.2009 (BJ)
Stravinsky,
Beethoven, Rachmaninoff:
Radu Lupu
(piano), Toronto Symphony Orchestra,
Peter
Oundjian, Roy Thomson Hall,
Toronto, 12.2.2009 (PPLL)
Ysaÿe, Ives, and Brahms:
Hilary Hahn, violin; Valentina Lisitsa,
piano; Benaroya Hall, Seattle 11.2.2009 (BJ)
Janáček, Dalbavie, Brahms:
Ensemble ACJW, Weill Recital Hall, New York
City, 10.2.2009 (BH)
Ives and Britten:
Voices: NEC Contemporary
Ensemble, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Gainesborough St,
Boston 10.2.2009 (KH)
Keys to
the Future - Spotlight on Four-Hand Piano:
(various pianists) Mannes College Concert Hall, New
York City, 9.2.2009 (BH)
Beethoven,
Berlioz :
Anna-Caterina Antonacci,
soprano, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , Yannick
Nézet-Séguin (conductor) De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam
8.2.2009 (BvW)
Handel, Grieg, Wolf,
Poulenc, Barber, Bizet:
Danielle
de Niese, soprano; Ken
Noda, piano; presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of
California at Berkeley. 8.2.2009 (HS)
The Cleveland
Orchestra in New York (III): Measha
Brueggergosman (soprano), Nancy Maultsby (mezzo-soprano), Stuart
Skelton (tenor), Raymond Aceto (bass) Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Franz
Welser-Möst
(conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 7.2.2009 (BH)
The Cleveland
Orchestra in New York (II): Pierre-Laurent
Aimard (piano), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor),
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 6.2.2009 (BH)
‘Carter in Context’ -
Carter and Bach:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
(piano), Zankel Hall, New York City, 5.2.2009 (BH)
Berlioz, Strauss, Liszt, and Hanson:
Seattle Symphony, Gerard
Schwarz, conductor, Barry Douglas, piano, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
5.2.2009 (BJ)
The Cleveland
Orchestra in New York (I): Measha
Brueggergosman (soprano), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor),
Carnegie Hall, New York City, 4.2.2009 (BH)
Britten, Brahms, and
Moser: Johannes Moser, cello and electric cello;
Oksana Ezhokina, piano; Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya
Hall, Seattle 1.2.2009 (BJ)
Kopelman, Saariaho,
Kulenty, Vrebalov: Kronos Quartet, presented by Cal
Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley.
1.2.2009 (HS)
Bach,
Mozart and Jim Cockey: Soloists,
Boise Baroque Orchestra,
Daniel Stern, music director; Dawn Douthit, concertmaster. Brandt
Auditorium, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, Idaho. 2.2.2009 (PSh)
Salzburg Mozartwoche
(3) – Pintscher, Mozart, and Boulez:
Magali Mosnier (flute),
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano),
Mahler Chamber Orchestra,
Daniel
Harding (conductor).
Grosser
Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 1.2.2009 (MB)
Gyorgy and Márta Kurtág
in New York:
Hiromi Kikuchi
(violin), Zankel Hall, New York City, 1.2.2009 (BH)
Eotvos Conducts Kurtag
and Ligeti: Peter
Eötvös (conductor), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Katalin Károlyi
(mezzo-soprano), Ildikó Vékony (cimbalom), Miklós Perényi (cello), UMZE
Ensemble, Amadinda Percussion Group, Zankel Hall, New York City,
31.1.2009 (BH)
Salzburg
Mozartwoche (2) – Haydn, Mahler, Debussy, and Mozart:
Magdalena Kožená
(soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir
Simon Rattle (conductor). Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 31.1.2009
(MB)
Salzburg
Mozartwoche (1) – Boulez:
Experimental Studio of
the Südwestrundfunk Freiburg, Michael Acker and Joachim Hass (sound
projection), Hidéki Nagano (piano), Carolin Widmann (violin), Jörg
Widmann (clarinet). Solitär, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, 31.1.2009
(MB)
Making Music: Peter
Eotvos:
Barbara Hannigan (soprano),
Brandon Ridenour (double-bell trumpet), Peter Eötvös (conductor
and pianist), Ensemble ACJW, Zankel Hall, New York City, 29.1.2009 (BH)
Schumann,
Ravel and Scriabin:
Barry Douglas (piano), Music–Toronto,
27.1.2009 (PPLL)
Mozart, Wuorinen, Rossini
and Mendelsson: Joyce DiDonato (soprano), Peter Serkin
(piano), James Levine (conductor), The MET Orchestra, Carnegie Hall,
New York City, 25.1.2009 (BH)
Haydn,
Yoffe,
Mansurian:
"From the Book of Quartets
I", Rosamunde String Quartet, Historic Auditorium
of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich 23.1.2009 (JFL)
Ives, Kevin
Puts and Dvořák: Miró Quartet, Weill Recital Hall, New York City, 23. 1.2009 (BH)
Frank Martin,
Bach,
Mozart:
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus / Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor),
Herkulessaal, Munich 22.1.2009 (JFL)
Seattle Chamber Music
Society Winter Festival–Mozart, Beethoven, Lutoslawski, and Brahms:
Stefan Jackiw, Amy Schwartz
Moretti, and Lily Francis, violins; Richard O’Neill and David Harding,
violas; Ole Akahoshi, Bion Tsang, and Toby Saks, cellos; Anton Nel and
Gilles Vonsattel, pianos; Sean Osborn, clarinet; Illsley Ball Nordstrom
Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 22 & 24.1.2009
(BJ)
Schumann:
András Schiff (piano), Laeiszhalle Hamburg,
20.1.2009 (TKT)
Copland,
Berg, Brahms, Thomas, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky:
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Benaroya Hall,
Seattle, 20 & 21.1.2009 (BJ)
Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
48 Songs Without Words, Amir
Katz (piano), Gasteig, Munich, 18.1.2009 (BM)
Verdi, Requiem: Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Chicago Symphony
Chorus, Riccardo Muti, conductor, Barbara Frittoli, soprano, Olga
Borodina, mezzo-soprano, Mario Zeffiri, tenor, Ildar Abdrazakov, bass,
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 17.1.2009 (BJ)
Beethoven,
Brahms:
Yuja Wang (piano), Kitchener-Waterloo
Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater, Center-in-the-Square, Kitchener,
Ontario, 17.1.2009. (PPLL)
Ligeti,
Debussy, Bartók, R. Strauss: Radu Lupu
(piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Severance
Hall, Cleveland, 17.1.2009 (MSJ)
Mozart, Vanhal, Martinů: Stefan
Schilli (oboe), Eric
Terwilliger (horn), Antonio Spiller and Irina Simon-Renes (violins),
Philipp Stubenrauch (double bass), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Mariss Jansons, Prinzregententheater, Munich 17.1.2009 (JFL)
Knussen
and Mahler: Pinchas Zuckerman
(violin), Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York City, 16.1.2009 (BH)
100 Years -
Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen: Da
Capo Chamber Players,
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City, 15. 1.2009 (BH)
Dallapiccola, Wagner,
Elliott Carter and J. Strauss: Grazia
Doronzio (soprano), Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), James Levine
(conductor), The MET Chamber Ensemble, Zankel Hall 11.1.2009 (BH)
Murail, Mozart, Messiaen
and Debussy:
Olli Mustonen (piano), Ludovic Morlot (conductor), New
York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 10.1.2009 (BH)
Wagner and Schoenberg: Lucy
Shelton (soprano), Asher
Fisch (conductor), Ensemble ACJW, Paul Recital Hall, The Juilliard
School, New York City, 9. 1.2009 (BH)
Wagner and Schoenberg:
Ensemble ACJW, Asher
Fisch(conductor) Paul Recital Hall,
Julliard School, New York 9.1.2009 (CR)
Murail, Mozart, Messiaen
and Debussy:
Olli Mustonen
(piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor)
Avery Fisher Hall, New York 8.1.2009 (CR)
Copland,
Berg, Brahms: San Francisco
Symphony, Michael Tilson
Thomas, conductor. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 7.1.2009 (HS)
The Crossing @ Winter:
The Crossing, Donald
Nally (conductor), Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia,
4.1.2009 (BH)
The Jacques
Loussier Trio:
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg 4.1.2009 (TKT)
Bach, Szymanowski, R.
Strauss, Mussorgsky:
Emanuel Ax (piano), Robert
Langevin (flute), Philip Smith (trumpet), Sheryl Staples (violin), Lian
Wang (oboe), Lorin Maazel (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York City, 3.1.2009 (BH)
Bach,
Szymanowski, Strauss, and Mussorgsky:
Emanuel
Ax (piano), Philip Smith
(trumpet), Sheryl Staples (violin),
Robert Langevin (flute),
Liang Wang (oboe), New York
Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Avery Fisher Hall,
New York, 3.1.2009 (MB)
Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 1 and
9: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Ute
Selbig, soprano, Michèle Losier, mezzo-soprano, John Mac Master, tenor,
Richard Zeller, baritone, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony,
Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.1.2009 (BJ)