Apr 28, 2024 | Bruckner 200 (born September 4, 1824), Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors
https://www.diapasonmag.fr/critiques/a-la-philharmonie-de-paris-lemouvant-bruckner-du-veteran-herbert-blomstedt-47256.html (an English translation by Google is available)
Apr 18, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Videos
Edward Johnson writes… Today, 18th April, sees two anniversaries. Stokowski was born in London on 18th April 1882 and Respighi died in Rome on 18th April 1936. Here are the two combined in three YouTube performances of The Pines of Rome. They’re all good, so...
Apr 3, 2024 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Ramblings
Photo from concert, Peter Adamik Given that Zubin Mehta is an artist I follow, I was keen to be involved with his April 29 concert as a spectator. Having recently conducted six Vienna Philharmonic concerts of Bruckner Seven,...
Mar 28, 2024 | Guest Contributors, Opera Reviews
Photo, Ellie Kurttz Monday, March 25, 2024 The Coliseum, London Guest Reviewer, Curtis Rogers David Alden’s production of Janáček’s first operatic masterpiece, Jenůfa, for English National Opera – last seen at the Coliseum in 2016 – keeps its Czech setting but brings...
Feb 25, 2024 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors
Photo, Brandon Patoc Friday, February 23, 2024 Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City Guest Reviewer, Susan Stempleski The centerpiece and highlight was Anders Hillborg’s Second Piano Concerto. Premiered last October in San Francisco,...
Feb 5, 2024 | Concert Reviews, Guest Contributors, Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021]
Concert photo, Steve J. Sherman Sunday, February 4, 2024 Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York City Guest Reviewer, Susan Stempleski Previously in Munich,...