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INTERNATIONAL
CONCERT INDEX
JANUARY 2011 -
JUNE 2011
American Handel Festival, Seattle (4):
Acis and Galatea; *Esther; orchestral and chamber works; Town Hall
and *St. James Cathedral, 25, 26, & 27.3.2011 (BJ)
Roussel,
Hussain: Zakir
Hussain (tabla), Shankar Mahadevan (vocalist), Hariharan (vocalist, Kelley
O'Connor (mezzo), Christoph Eschenbach (cond.), National Symphony Orchestra,
Kennedy Center, Washington 2.3.2011 (RRR0
Kurtág, Feldman:
Jeffrey Milarsky (conductor), Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Axiom, The
Clarion Choir, Steven Fox (artistic director), Alice Tully Hall, New
York, 24.2.2011 (BH)
Haydn
and Shostakovich : Jonathan
Pasternack (conductor), University Symphony, Meany Hall, Seattle, 24.2.2011 (BJ)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich,
Brahms: St. Petersburg
Philharmonic, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Davies
Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 27.3.2011 (HS)
Sibelius, Brahms:
Norman Krieger (piano), Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), The Canton
Symphony Orchestra, Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 26.3. 2011 (TW)
Bach, Mass in B Minor:
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
(Conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 22.3.2011 (SSM)
New
York New Music Ensemble, "Latin Roots Festival":
James Baker (conductor), New York New Music Ensemble, Americas
Society, New York City, 21.3.2011 (BH)
Takemitsu, R. Strauss, Prokofiev
: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
(soprano), André Previn (conductor), NHK Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New
York City, 21.3.2011 (SSM)
"Hungarian Echoes 2," Ligeti, Haydn, Bartók :
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Gábor Bretz (bass), Richard Easton
(speaker), Esa-Pekka Salonen (guest conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery
Fisher Hall, New York, 19.3.2011 (BH)
Beethoven, R.Strauss :
Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor) Philharmonie @ Gasteig, Munich,
18.3.2011 (JFL)
Borodin, Khachaturian, and
Shostakovich :
Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Maria Larionoff (violin), Seattle
Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.3.2011 (BJ)
American Handel Festival,
Seattle (3) : Karen P. Thomas
(conductor), Madeline Bersamina, Jenny Price, and Ginger Ellingson (sopranos),
Joseph Schlesinger (countertenor), Ross Hauck (tenor), Charles Robert Stephens
(baritone), guest student performers from Shelton and Mariner High Schools, St.
James Cathedral, Seattle, 16.3.2011 (BJ)
American Handel Festival, Seattle (2) :
Bernstein: The Man in the Mirror (world
premiere), Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, 16.3.2011 (BJ)
Chopin and Granados :
Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle,
16.3.2011 (BJ)
J.S. Bach,
Schubert: Grigory Sokolov (piano),
Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 14.3.2011 (TKT)
American Handel Festival, Seattle
(1) : "Songs of Cleopatra," Benaroya
Hall, 11.3.2011; "Handel's Divas," Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle,
13.3.2011 (BJ)
Haydn,
Schumann, Chopin: Yefim Bronfman
(piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 13.3.2011 (HS)
"Hungarian Echoes 1," Haydn,
Ligeti, Bartók :
Marino Formenti (piano), Esa-Pekka Salonen (guest
conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 12.3.2011 (BH)
Beethoven, Brahms :
Hélène Grimaud (piano) Munich Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Philharmonie @
Gasteig, Munich, 12.3.2011 (JFL)
Mozart, Barber, Bartók:
Appassionata Piano Duo (Maira
Liliestedt and Janelle Phinney), John Curtis (percussion), Matthew Beck
(percussion), The Canton Symphony Orchestra, Aultman PrimeTime Chamber Series,
Cable Recital Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 10.3.2011 (TW)
Ravel, Roussel, Szymanowski
:
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor) Herkulessaal,
Munich, 10.3 2011
(JFL)
Liszt:
Evgeny Kissin (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City,
9.3.2011 (SSM)
Xenakis :
Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Alice Tully Hall, New
York, 5.3.2011 (BH)
Grisey, Le noir de l'étoile :
Les
Percussions de Strasbourg, Alice Tully Hall, New York
4.3.2011 (BH)
Telemann, Bach and Handel:
Beethoven, Sibelius
: Lisa
Batiashvili (violin), Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Minnesota Orchestra,
Carnegie Hall, New York, 28.2.2011 (BH)
Mahler:
Valery
Gergiev (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Avery Fisher Hall, New York
City, 27.2.2011 (BH)
Beethoven, Webern, and Mahler
:
Zubin Mehta (conductor), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Benaroya Hall, Seattle,
26.2.2011 (BJ)
Beyond
the Score - Vivaldi’s Four Seasons:
Emma McGrath (violin), Stephen Stubbs (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.2.2011 (BJ)
Shostakovich,
Bach:
Jenny Lin (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances
at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 27.2.2011 (HS)
Fantastical
Liszt 2: a recital by Mario Brunello
(cello) and Andrea Lucchesini (piano) at Santa Cecilia, Rome 25.2.2011
(JB)
Feldman, Mozart, Urbaitis:
Jonathan Vinocour (viola), Kiera Duffy (soprano), Sasha
Cooke (mezzo soprano), Bruce Sledge (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone), San
Francisco Symphony, Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor),
Ragnar Bohlin (conductor). Davies Symphony Hall,
A Venezia!
- Il Giardino Armonico:
Giovanni Antonini (Director, Flute, Flautino), Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 24.2.2011 (SSM)
Mahler's
Symphony No. 7: London
Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln
Center, New York City, 23.2.2011 (SSM)
Feldman, Webern, Xenakis, Cage:
Steven Schick (guest conductor), International Contemporary
Ensemble, Alice Tully Hall, New York, 22.2.2011 (BH)
Simon
Trpceski Recital:
Haydn, Chopin, Pande Shahov, Prokofiev. Walt
Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles. 22.2.2011 (ST)
Shostakovich:
Pacifica String Quartet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 19.2.2011 (GG)
Kreisler, Beethoven, Ives, Bach, Antheil:
Hilary Hahn (violin), Valentina Lisitsa (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 19.2.2011 (HS)
Haydn, Glazunov, Schulhoff, R. Strauss:
Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Andrey Boreyko (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 18.2.2011 (BH)
Stravinsky,
Borodin and Brahms at the CSO :
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea
Noseda, conductor, Leif Ove Andsnes, piano. SymphonyCenter, Chicago. 18. 2.
2011 (JLZ)
Tune-In Festival, Concerts II, III and IV: eighth blackbird, Newspeak, red fish blue fish, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Steven Schick, Shahrokh Yadegari (electronics), Ross Karre (video), So Percussion, Dartmouth Percussion Group, Yale Percussion Group, Stony Brook Percussion Group, Mantra Percussion, Doug Perkins (director, Inuksuit), soloists, Park Avenue Armory, New York City. 17, 18, and 20.2.2011 (BH)
Telemann, Brahms, Beaser, and Berlioz:
Pinchas Zukerman (leader and viola), Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.2.2011 (BJ)
Ligeti, Bach: Jeremy Denk (piano), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 16.2.2011 (SSM)
Unsuk
Chin Portrait: The Talea Ensemble:
Victor Adán (electronics), James Baker (conductor), Chris Gross (cello),
Jennifer Choi (violin), Matthew Gold (percussion), Stephen Gosling (piano), Alex
Lipowski (percussion), Jeff Missal (trumpet), David Nelson (trombone), Elizabeth
Weisser (viola), Alex Woods (violin), Taka Kigawa (guest piano), New York City,
16.2.2011 (JE)
Hindemith, Higdon, Shostakovich:
Hilary Hahn (violin), Juanjo Mena (conductor), The Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 15.2.2011 (BH)
Ravel, Messiaen, Mozart, and Brahms:
Peter Serkin, piano, Douglas Boyd, cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.2.2011 (BJ)
Avant Music Festival, John Cage
-An Evolution:
Vicky Chow (piano), Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, Randy Gibson (reader and piano), William Lang (trombone), Kryssy Wright (lighting), Wild Project, New York City, 12.2.2011 (BH)
Rossini, Firsova, and Mozart:
Northwest Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard (conductor), Laura DeLuca (clarinet), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 11.2.2011 (BJ)
Fauré, Taneyev, Liszt, Tchaikovsky:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Ivari Ilja (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 13.2.2011 (HS)
Manifest Legacy
- Beethoven and Brahms: Jeffery Kahane (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), David Finckel, (piano), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 9.2.2011 (SSM)
Brahms:
Craig Sheppard (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 9.2.2011 (BJ)
Verdi Requiem:
Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor, Yuri Temirkanov; Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzosoprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Orlin Anastassov (bass); Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome, 8.2.2011 (JB)
Beethoven and Ott:
Chiara Quartet, Meany Hall, Seattle, 8.2.2011 (BJ)
Schubert and Liszt:
Michail Lifits (piano), Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti, Aula Magna del Università degli Studi, La Sapienza, Rome, 8.2.2011 (JB)
Mozart and Shostakovich:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 5.2.2011 (JLZ)
Mussorgsky, Beethoven and Prokofiev:
Radu Lupu (piano), Sakari Oramo (guest conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, 5.2.2011 (KH)
The Cleveland Orchestra in New York:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), The Cleveland Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 4-5.2.2011 (BH)
Mozart
and R. Strauss: Anja Harteros, soprano. Conductor: Donald Runnicles, Orchester Deutsche Oper Berlin.
4.2.2011 (JMI)
Liszt:
Gergely Bogányi, piano; Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall 4.2.2011 (BM)
Beethoven:
San Francisco Symphony, Marek Janowski (conductor), Chee-Yun (violin), Alisa Weilserstein (cello), Jeremy Denk (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 4.2.2011 (HS)
Beethoven:
Nathan Olson (violin), Stephen Wogaman (piano), (Canton Symphony Orchestra: Aultman PrimeTime Chamber series), Cable Recital Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 3.2.2011 (TW)
Music from
the Time of Monteverdi: Soloists,
Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (leader), Willson Theater, Juilliard School of
Music, New York City, 3.2,2011(SSM)
Liszt:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Carnegie
Hall, New York City, 2.2.2011 (SSM)
Bach, Goldberg Variations: Kenneth Weiss (Harpsichord), Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York City, 31.01.2011 (SSM)
Mazzoli, Boulez, Hurel, Glass, Adès, Hartke:
eighth blackbird, Zankel Hall, New York City, 31.1.2011 (BH)
Ligeti, Mozart and Dvořák:
Elizabeth Rowe (flute), John Ferrillo (oboe), Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Christoph von Dohnányi (guest conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Boston, 29.1.2011 (KH)
Beethoven, Sibelius, Nielsen:
Karita Mattila (soprano), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 29.1.2011 (BH)
Focus! 2011 - Polish Modern, Concerts I and VI:
Mozart:
Mitsuko Uchida (piano and conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago 28.1.2011 (JLZ)
Brahms:
Pianist Seattle Chamber Music Society artists: Alon Goldstein (piano), Ilya Kaler (violin), Amit Peled (cello), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.1.2011 (BJ)
Grisey,
Le Noir de l’Étoile:
TimeTable Percussion, Talujon, Saint Peter’s Church, New York City, 25.1.2011 (BH)
Kurt Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday:
Soloists, Collegiate Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra, James Bagwell (Conductor), Ted Sperling (Director), Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 25.2.2011 (SSM)
Mozart, Mahler:
Michelle DeYoung (soprano), Simon O’Neill (tenor), James Levine (conductor), The Met Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 23.1.2011 (BH)
Mozart and Brewbaker:
Gerard Schwarz (conductor), John Cerminaro (horn), Hanan Alattar (soprano), Allyson McHardy (mezzo-soprano), Ross Hauck (tenor), Weston Hurt (baritone), Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.1.2011 (BJ)
Herold, Bruch, Bartok, Mozart, Liszt:
Jessica Oudin (viola), Nathan Olson (violin), Randy Klein (clarinet), Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), The Canton Symphony Orchestra, Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio, USA, 22.1.2011 (TW)
“Danish Counterpoint”
- Music of Sørensen and Abrahamsen:
Talea Ensemble, Scandinavia House, New York City, 21.1.2011 (BH)
Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky:Klassik Philharmonie Hamburg, Robert Stehli (conductor), Caterina Grewe (piano), Laeiszhalle Hamburg, 21.1.11 (TKT)
Tango Buenos Aires:
Fernando Bruguera (piano), Martin Sued (bandoneón), Cesar Rago, (violin), Andres Serafini (bass), Ismael Grossman (guitar), arrangements by Emilio Kauderer, Tango Buenos Aires dancers, presented by Cal Performances. Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley. California, 21.1.2011 (HS)
Fantastical Liszt 1:
A recital by Evgene Kissin (piano) at Santa Cecilia, Rome 20.1.2011 (JB)
Brahms:
Radu Lupu (pianist), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 19.1.2011 (SSM)
Widmann, Schumann, Brahms:
Yefim Bronfman (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 13.1.2011 (SSM)
MATA
Interval 4.2 - In One:
Soloists, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, New York. 13.1.2011 (BH)
Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Korngold, Brad Mehldau, R. Strauss:
Renée Fleming (soprano), Hartmut Höll (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 11.1.2011 (BH)
Liadov, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev:
Stephen Hough (piano), Sir Mark Elder, CBE (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.1.2011 (JLZ)
Stravinsky and Bartók:
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Russell Thomas (tenor), Albert Dohmen (bass), Raymond Aceto (bass), Matthew Plenk (tenor), Frank Langella (narrator, Stravinsky), Őrs Kisfaludy (prologue, Bartók), Men of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Levine, Boston, 7.1.2011 (KH)
Sheng, Bartók, Schuller, and Borodin:
Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Gil Shaham (violin), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 6.1.2011 (BJ)
Mozart, Mahler, Adès:
Thomas Hampson (baritone), Thomas Adès (piano), Tad Rosner (video artist), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 6.1.2011 (SSM)
Vivier, Saariaho, Boulez, Messiaen, Daniel Strong Godfrey, Stravinsky, Adès:
Gloria Cheng (piano), Calder Quartet, (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 5.1.2011 (BH)
TwoSense @ (Le) Poisson Rouge:Ashley Bathgate (cello), Lisa Moore (piano), Andy Akiho (steel pans), Iva Bittova (voice/violin), Kelli Kathman (flute), (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 4.1.2011 (BH)
Vivaldi, Folia:
Seattle Baroque Soloists, Town Hall, Seattle, 2.1.2011 (BJ)