Rattle / BPO: Boulez, Mahler — KKL Lucerne, 2016-08-30
Concert review: Sir Simon Rattle / Berlin Philharmonics at KKL Lucerne, 2016-08-30 — Pierre Boulez: “Éclat / Multiples” (1965-70); Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7 (1904/05)
concerts
Grante, Luisi / Philharmonia — Zurich Opera, 2016-07-10
Concert review, Zurich Opera — Carlo Grante, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia Zurich, 2016-07-10: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.2, op.64ter; Bruce Adolphe: Piano Concerto (2013, World Premiere); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite “Scheherazade” op.35
René Jacobs: Haydn, The Seasons — Zurich, 2016-06-29
Concert review, Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-06-29 — Joseph Haydn: Oratorio “The Seasons”, with René Jacobs, Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Johannes Weisser (bass), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Tim Brown), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Kristian Bezuidenhout — Fortepiano Recital, Cully, 2016-06-30
Concert review, Kristian Bezuidenhout in a fortepiano recital in Cully, VD, 2016-06-30 — J.S. Bach: Toccata in D minor, BWV 913; W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331, “Alla Turca”; W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No.15 in F major, K.533/494; L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, op.13, “Pathétique”
Boris Berezovsky — Piano Recital, Vevey, 2016-07-01
Review, piano recital Boris Berezovsky in Vevey, 2016-07-01 — L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C, op.53 “Waldstein”; Igor Stravinsky: Piano Sonata; Béla Bartók: Sonata, Sz.80 / BB 88; P.I. Tchaikovsky: Dumka op.59, 3 pieces from “The Seasons” op.37a; Igor Stravinsky: 3 mouvements de Pétrouchka
Stockhausen: «Donnerstag» — Theater Basel, 2016-06-25
Opera review, 2016-06-25: Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Donnerstag” aus “Licht” (“Thursday” from the 7-part opera cycle “Light”) at the Theater Basel. Stage direction: Lydia Steier; musical direction: Titus Engel