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INTERNATIONAL CONCERT  INDEX  JANUARY -JUNE 2008

Mahler, Ravel and Lieberson: Kelley O'Connor, mezzo soprano, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) Symphony Center, Chicago 3.5.2008 (JLZ)

Tchaikovsky/Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff: Vadim Gluzman, violin; San Francisco Symphony, James Gaffigan, conductor. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 1.5.2008 (HS)

Mozart and Schubert: Günther Herbig, cond., Garrick Ohlsson, piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2008 (BJ)

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Mendelssohn, Dvořák, and Sibelius: Günther Herbig, cond., Xavier Phillips, cello, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.4.2008 (BJ)

Mozart, Bruch, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, and Brahms: Stephen Bryant and Rachael Pearson, violins, John Scanlon and Sue Jane Bryant, violas, Richard Treat, cello, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA, 25.4.2008 (BJ)

Schubert and Debussy: Radu Lupu (piano). Leipzig Gewandhaus. 19.4.2008 (MB)

Bach, Webern, Berg, and Schoenberg: Scharoun Ensemble and guests, Barbara Hannigan (soprano); Pierre Boulez (conductor). Philharmonie: Kammermusiksaal, Berlin. 18.4.2008 (MB)

Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Schubert, Fauré, et al: Bryn Terfel, bass baritone; Malcolm Martineau, piano. Presented by Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall, University of California at Berkeley, 17.4.2008 (HS)

Ars Musica 2008 Brussels : Scelsi, Ledoux, Martin, Levinas : Hughes Kolp (electric guitar), Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul Dessy ,Théâtre Marni, 15.4. 2008 (HC)

Kaleidoscope: The Kurt Elling Trio and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Ben Northey (conductor)  Sydney Opera House. 14.4.2008 (SW)

Beethoven, Mahler: Margarita Höhenrieder (piano); Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden; Fabio Luisi (conductor). Philharmonie am Gasteig, Munich. 9.4.2008 (JFL)

Brahms: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7.4.2008 (HS)

Bossi, Franck, Howells: Robert Costin (organ), Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, 6.4.2008 (BH)

Bach, Durante, Mozart, Haydn, Boccherini: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Sydney City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney 5.4.2008 (ZT)

Mahler, Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection) : National Symphony Orchestra, Master Chorale of Washington / Iván Fischer (conductor) Juliane Banse (soprano)Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC  4.4 2008 (RRR)

Bruch and Bruckner: Gerard Schwarz, cond., Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.4.2008 (BJ)

Bach, Beethoven, and Mussorgsky: Fazil Say (piano). Konzerthaus, Vienna, 3.4.2008 (MB)

Copland, Chausson, León, Bizet: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Carnegie Hall, New York, 1. 4.2008 (AM)

Liszt, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saëns: Jun Märkl, cond., Horacio Gutiérrez, piano, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.3.2008 (BJ)

Keys to the Future III: Lisa Moore, Tatjana Rankovich, Joseph Rubenstein, Yukiko Tanaka (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert Hall, New York City, 27.3.2008 (AM)

Keys to the Future II: Amy Briggs Dissanayake, David Friend, Stephen Gosling and Joseph Rubenstein (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert Hall, New York City, 26.3.2008 (BH)

Keys to the Future I: Marina Lomazov, Blair McMillen, Tatjana Rankovich and Joseph Rubenstein (pianists), Renee Weiler Concert Hall, New York City, 25.3.2008 (BH)

Mozart, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky: Barry Douglas, cond. and piano, Camerata Ireland, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.3.2008 (BJ

 Liszt, Strauss, and Dvořák: Elizabeth Stoyanovich, conductor, Jeffrey Fair, horn, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, 22.3.2008 (BJ)

Pauline Viardot and Friends: Melody Moore, soprano; Fredericka von Stade, mezzo soprano; Vladimir Chernov, baritone; Peter Grunberg, piano; Marilyn Horne, host and narrator; a salon presented by San Francisco Performances at Herbst Hall, San Francisco, 22.3.2008 (HS)

Ravel, Liszt, and Bartók: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Lang Lang (piano), Torsten Schönfeld (percussion), Dominic Oelze (percussion). Philharmonie, Berlin 22.3.2008 (MB)

Bach,  Mass in B minor: Gerard Schwarz, cond., Sarah Coburn, soprano, Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano, Stanford Olsen, Tenor, Charles Robert Austin, bass-baritone, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.3.2008 (BJ)

Messiaen and Bach: Julia Kleiter (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (alto), Andreas Weller (tenor), Alfred Reiter (bass), Steven Osborne (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Clavérie (ondes martenot). Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey (chorus master), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 21.3.2008 (MB)

Brahms, Schoenberg, and Wagner: Lang Lang (piano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 20.3.2008 (MB)

Schubert :  Christine Schäfer (soprano); Eric Schneider (piano). Herkulessaal, Munich, 19.3. 2008 (JFL)

 'Sublime', Elgar, Vaughan Williams and others: Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (Artistic Director/Lead Violin), Katie Noonan (Voice), Cameron Deyell (Electric Guitar, Angel Place Recital Hall, Sydney, 15.3.2008 (SW)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, and Strauss: Gerard Schwarz, cond., James Ehnes, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.3.2008 (BJ)

Mahler : Symphony No 8 : Soloists, Massed Choirs and Orchestras, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Palais Omnisports de Paris, Bercy, France, 6.3.2008 (AO)

Mendelssohn, Gabriela Lena Frank, Beethoven: Brentano String Quartet, presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, 5.3.2008 (HS)

Either/Or plays Helmut Lachenmann: Either/Or, Goethe Institut, New York City, 10. 3. 2008 (BH)

Hartke, Crumb, and Golijov: Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Orquesta Los Pelegrinos, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.2.2008 (BJ)

Dvorak, Tubin, Nielsen: Johannes Moser (cello), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich  29.02.2008 (JFL)

Spotlight on Frederic Rzewski: Lisa Moore (piano), Greenwich House Music School New York City, 28.2.2008 (AM)

Hartke, Crumb, Golijov: Members of eighth blackbird; Orquestra Los Pelegrinos; Dawn Upshaw, soprano. Presented by Cal Performances, Zellberbach Hall, Berkeley, California, 1.3.2008 (HS)

Mozart, C.P.E. Bach, and Beethoven: Gerard Schwarz, cond., Scott Goff, flute, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 28.2.2008 (BJ)

Berio, Berlioz, Stravinsky: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 26.2.2008 (BH)

Pintscher, Bartók, Debussy: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 25.2.2008 (BH)

Brescianello, Rosano, Handel, Heinichen, Porpora: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer Artistic Director with guest countertenor Andreas Scholl; Sydney Recital Hall, Sydney, 23.2.2007 (ZT)

Webern, Mozart, Berg, R. Strauss: Alfred Brendel (piano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), The MET Orchestra, James Levine (conductor). Carnegie Hall, New York 17.2.2008 (BH)

Copland, Barber, Liszt, Bizet: Arnaldo Cohen (pianist), Oregon Symphony / Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland 17.2.2008 (JB)

Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky: Vladimir Jurowski, cond., Stephen Hough, piano, Russian National Orchestra, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 17.2.2008 (BJ)

 Galina Ustvolskaya—Hidden Genius: Continuum, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, 16.2.2008 (BH)

Wagner, Jones, and Dvořák: Gerard Schwarz, cond., John Cerminaro, horn, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 16.2.2008 (BJ)

Messiaen Turangalîla-symphonie: Nicolas Hodges (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor and moderator), Carnegie Hall, New York, 15.2.2008 (BH)

Schubert, Brahms: Stephen Hough, piano; Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, conductor. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 14.2.2008 (HS)

Bach :   Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano). Herkulessaal, Munich, 12.2. 2008 (JFL)

Cecilia Bartoli's Maria Malibrán Concert: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo soprano) Basel Kammerorchester/ Julia Schröder (Conductor)  Auditorio de Valladolid. 12. 2.2008. (JMI)

Susan Graham in Madrid:   Teatro Real's 14th Lieder Series. Gounod, Saint Saens, Paladilhe and others. Susan Graham (mezzosoprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid  11.2.2008. (JMI)

Ligeti, Liszt, Scriabin, Bartók, Ravel:  Yuja Wang (piano) Presented by San Francisco Performances at Herbst Hall, San Francisco, 10.2.2008 (HS)

Varèse, Herbert, and Rachmaninoff: Michael Stern, cond., Lynn Harrell, cello, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 8.2.2008 (BJ)

 R. Strauss, Mahler: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 6.2.2008 (BH)

Ketting, Prokofiev, Brahms: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 5.2.2008 (BH)

Debussy, Berlioz: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 4.2.2008 (BH)

Adams, Beethoven, Schumann: Kirill Gerstein (pianist), Oregon Symphony / Gregory Vajda (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland 3.2.2008 (JB)

"1938": American Modern Ensemble, Robert Paterson (conductor), Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, 3.2.2008 (BH)

Berio, Berlioz, and Stravinsky: Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Symphony Center, Chicago 2.2.2008 (JLZ)

Adés, Haydn: Munich Philharmonic, Markus Stenz (conductor), Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich  30. 1.2008 (JFL)

Brahms, Prokofiev and R. Strauss: Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) / Orfeón Pamplonés (choir) / Basque National Orchestra / Cristian Mandeal (conductor) Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain 30.1.2008. (ED)

Debussy, Schoenberg, and Brahms: Ingo Metzmacher, cond., Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 31.1.2008 (BJ)

Bach and Rachmaninoff: Jeremy Denk and Adam Neiman, pianos, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle  26.1.2008 (BJ)

Schumann and Bruckner: Radu Lupu (piano), New York Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 26.1.2008 (BH)

The Baltimore Consort in Fort Worth: First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, Texas. 26.1.2008 (KS)

Ravel, De Falla, Debussy : Nicholas Angelich (piano), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor),De Doelen Concert Hall, Rotterdam, 26.1.2008 (BvW)

Berio and Brahms: Synergy Vocals, Steven Stucky (host), New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 25.1.2008 (BH)

Mozart, Dorman, Ravel: Martin Grubinger (percussion), Munich Philharmonic, Juraj Valcuha (conductor), Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich  24.1.2008 (JFL

Messiaen, Mahler: San Francisco Symphony, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 24.1.2008 (HS)

Schubert: Ian Bostridge, tenor, Julius Drake, piano, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 24.1.2008 (BJ)

Walton, Bach, Rodrigo, and Sarasate: Gil Shaham, violin, Akira Eguchi, piano, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.1.2008 (BJ)

Gluck, Rossini, Bizet: Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo -soprano) National Symphony Orchestra of the Bulgarian Radio. Conductor: Rossen Milanov, The Concert Hall, Valladolid, Spain 22.1.2008 (JMI)

Beethoven, Shostakovich: Vadim Repin (soloist), West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Philharmonie at the Gasteig, Munich  21.1.2008 (JFL)

MacMillan, Mendelssohn: Sharin Apostolou (soprano), Amy Jo Arrington (soprano), Ted deChatelet (actor), Maureen Porter (Actor), Oregon Symphony / Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland 20.1.2008 (JB)

Brahms, Liszt and Scriabin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), New York Philharmonic, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 19.1.2008 (BH)

Mozart and Haydn: Jaime Laredo, cond./violin, Elisa Barston, violin, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 19.1.2008 (BJ)

From Bruch to Piazzolla : Renato Ripo, cello and Péter Nagy, piano, Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, January 16.1. 2008  (BM)

Bartók, Debussy, Chopin, Dukas: Ingrid Fliter (piano), Oregon Symphony / Gregory Vajda (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland 13. 1.2008 (JB)

Mustafa Erdogan,  Mevlana Oratorio:  Ankara State Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Concert Master: Tayfun Bozok, 11.1.2008 (BM)

Handel, A. Marcello, J.C. Bach, and Rameau: Gary Thor Wedow, cond, Ben Hausmann, oboe, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 11.1.2008 (BJ)

Bach and Beethoven: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Jessica Jones, soprano, Meredith Arwady, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Rumph (Bach) and Richard Cox (Beethoven), tenors, Clayton Brainerd, bass-baritone, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.12.2007 (BJ)

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Johann Strauss, Jr., Mozart, and Beethoven: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Stewart Goodyear, piano, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 5.1.2008 (BJ)

The Crossing: Mark Anderson (organ), Donald Nally (conductor), The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 21.12.2007 (BH)

 Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Soloists, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Ton Koopman (conductor), Michael Gläser (choir) Herkulessaal, Munich 19.12.2007 (JFL)

Weill / Kaiser, Der Silbersee: (Concert Performance)  Soloists. Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin Rundfunkchor Berlin,  Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Philharmonie, Berlin 16.12. 2007 (MB)

Wagner, Elgar, Nielsen: Franz Bartolomey (Violincello), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 16.12.2007 (MBr)

'Inside the Music': Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4: Andrey Boreyko (conductor), Gerard McBurney (narrator and creative director), F. Murray Abraham (actor), New York Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, 14.12.2007 (BH)

Handel, Messiah: Christian Knapp, conductor, Celena Shafer, soprano, Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano, David Ossenfort, tenor, Harold Wilson, bass, Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.12. 2007

Gabrieli, Britten, MacMillan: Munich Philharmonic, James MacMillan (conductor), Daniel Hope (violin), Gasteig, Munich 12.12.2007 (JFL)

Handel,  Messiah: Elizabeth Stoyanovich, conductor, Jessica Robins Milanese, soprano, Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Wall, tenor, Barry Johnson, baritone, Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale, Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, 15.12. 2007 (BJ)

Stravinsky, Haydn  and Hindemith: Staatskapelle Berlin, Pinchas Zukerman (violin, viola, conductor) Philharmonie, Berlin 11.12. 2007 (MB)

Bach, Schumann, Chihara, Theofanidis: Christian Zacharias (piano), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 8.12.2007 (BH)

Nino Rota, Franck: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor) Gasteig, Munich 6.12.2007 (JFL)

Stravinsky, Borodin: Soloists, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 4.12.2007 (BH)

Berlioz, Dutilleux, Duparc, Debussy: Renée Fleming (soprano), James Levine (conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall 3.12.2007 (BH)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) : (concert performance) Soloists, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 2.12.2007 (BH)

Haydn, Bartok, Schumann: Takacs Quartet, Joyce Yang, piano; presented by Cal Performances at Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley, 2.12.2007 (HS)

Glinka, Stravinsky: Soloists, Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kirov Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 1.12.2007 (BH)