Concert Reviews

26 October 2010 0

Sararste Returns to Toronto Symphony with Stunning Shostakovich

By Paul E. RobinsonClassical TravelsRoy Thomson Hall, TorontoOctober, 2010Stravinsky: FireworksSibelius: Violin ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony No. 4Henning Kraggerud, violinToronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka SarasteThe Toronto Symphony (TSO) has the…

Concert Reviews

9 October 2010 0

Wilde and Weill at Shaw: An Ideal Husband and a Touch of Venus

by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER FESTIVALS SHAW FESTIVAL, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 2010Kurt Weill has always been an enigma for classical music lovers – his career started so propitiously:…

Concert Reviews

9 October 2010 0

Nagano, Mutter & OSM: An Evening of Uncompromising Soul-Searching

by Paul E. Robinson Whatever else he may be as a man and a musician, Kent Nagano is insatiably curious. So far, his Montreal audiences…

Concert Reviews

10 August 2010 0

Nagano/OSM Week at Orford Festival 2010

by Paul E. RobinsonThe Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) is an orchestra without a home – at least in the summertime. For some years now,…

Chamber Music

27 July 2010 0

Verbier Festival Concert, Paul McCreesh, conductor, Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. July 26, 2010. Salle des Combins.

By Frank CadenheadThe first concert of my week at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland was, I expect, not the highlight. While the festival program correctly listed…

Concert Reviews

20 July 2010 0

Aspen, Colorado: A Glorious Place to Make Music!

by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS 2010Aspen Music Festival and School After a few days in Vail enjoying the music-making of Jaap van Zweden and…

Concert Reviews

12 July 2010 0

Dallas Symphony Opens Extraordinary Summer of Music in Colorado!

by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER FESTIVALS 2010Bravo! Vail Valley Music FestivalImagine a music festival that features three of the world’s top orchestras in successive week-long residencies.…

Concert Reviews

7 July 2010 0

Wagner at the Welsh National Opera

By Frank Cadenhead Wagner as compelling dramatist? Who knew? The wordy, inflated and repetitive tales we are so accustomed to were nowhere to be seen…

Concert Reviews

5 July 2010 0

Round Top, Texas: The Impossible Dream?

by Paul E. RobinsonSummer FestivalsRound Top Festival Institute, 2010Never underestimate the dreams of a concert pianist – especially those of an adopted son of Texas!…

Concert Reviews

6 June 2010 0

Mahler Resurrection a Dallas Symphony Specialty!

by Paul E. RobinsonI try to get to Dallas as often as I can to bask in the glory of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony…

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Sararste Returns to Toronto Symphony with Stunning Shostakovich

Wilde and Weill at Shaw: An Ideal Husband and a Touch of Venus

Nagano, Mutter & OSM: An Evening of Uncompromising Soul-Searching

Nagano/OSM Week at Orford Festival 2010

Verbier Festival Concert, Paul McCreesh, conductor, Sophie Koch, mezzo-soprano, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. July 26, 2010. Salle des Combins.

Aspen, Colorado: A Glorious Place to Make Music!

Dallas Symphony Opens Extraordinary Summer of Music in Colorado!

Wagner at the Welsh National Opera

Round Top, Texas: The Impossible Dream?

Mahler Resurrection a Dallas Symphony Specialty!

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