New and old: Orli Shaham plays Bolcom, Brahms, and Mussorgsky

By Bachtrack reviewer, 22 April 2013

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Reviewed at AT&T Performing Arts Center: Hamon Hall, Dallas on 18 April 2013

Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes: Récitiatif

Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes: Scènes d'opéra

Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes: Nocturne

Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes: Hi-jinks

Brahms, 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Orli Shaham, Piano

Starman dimmed? Glass’ latest Bowie/Eno opus proves no Life on Mars

Néstor Castiglione, 10th January

A rare misfire showcasing the music of minimalism’s all-stars.

**111

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Nick Boston, 16th April

The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor.

*****

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

Frank Kuznik, 16th April

Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

****1

Kinan Azmeh offers a sampling of delights with St Luke’s

No’a L. bat Miri, 15th April

As part of St Luke’s ‘Visionary Sounds’ series, Kinan Azmeh joined the chamber ensemble to play a variety of his own compositions.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

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