Classical Beat: Battey


Posted at 11:47 PM ET, 04/23/2013

Weekend roundup: so many premieres, so little time.
By Anne Midgette
Tavener, Crockett, Spears, Kahane all offered new work in DC this weekend.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:47 PM ET, 04/23/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Stephen Brookes, Grace Jean, Joan Reinthaler, Charles T. Downey, Roger Catlin, Robert Battey

Posted at 12:50 AM ET, 02/13/2013

Links: Angela Hewitt reviewed, plus a “telematic opera”
By Anne Midgette
From a piano virtuoso to a “telematic opera,” reviews of recent DC concerts.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:50 AM ET, 02/13/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Stephen Brookes, Robert Battey, Cecelia Porter, WPAS

Posted at 01:25 PM ET, 01/23/2013

Reviews: finding the balance — or crowdsourcing it
By Anne Midgette
There are nine notable concerts this weekend. We can review four. Which would you choose to cover, and why?

By Anne Midgette  |  01:25 PM ET, 01/23/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Phillips Collection

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 11/06/2012

Review digest: of Lang Lang, Midori, Josh Bell, and more
By Anne Midgette
The last two weeks saw recitals by Andrey Baranov, Paul Huang, Alexandre Tharaud, and I Musici di Roma.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:46 PM ET, 11/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  NSO, Lang Lang, Eschenbach, Battey, Reinthaler, Brookes, Downey, Porter, Jean

Posted at 11:38 AM ET, 10/12/2012

Music in Washington: this was the week that was
By Anne Midgette and others
A round-up of recent reviews of performances in Washington, from John Cage to Astor Piazzolla

By Anne Midgette and others  |  11:38 AM ET, 10/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Stephen Brookes, Charles T. Downey, Joan Reinthaler

Posted at 01:29 AM ET, 09/30/2012

Reviews: Gunn in concert -- and to Philadelphia
By Anne Midgette
The baritone Nathan Gunn gave a WNO recital — but the bigger news is he’s going to be an advisor in Philadelphia.

By Anne Midgette  |  01:29 AM ET, 09/30/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  WNO, Bach Consort, Stephen Brookes, Robert Battey, Cecelia Porter

Posted at 02:41 PM ET, 09/17/2012

Sondra shines, and more
By Anne Midgette
An operatic weekend in Washington with Stephanie Blythe and two bel canto operas focuses on Sondra Radvanovsky’s “Anna Bolena” at WNO.

By Anne Midgette  |  02:41 PM ET, 09/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  WNO, Vocal Arts, Robert Battey

Posted at 10:23 AM ET, 07/02/2012

Links: Storm edition (but the shows went on)
By Anne Midgette
A survey of reviews from around the region after a storm-tossed weekend played havoc with some performances (but not others).

By Anne Midgette  |  10:23 AM ET, 07/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Wolf Trap, Castleton, WEMF, Stephen Brookes, Charles T. Downey, Joan Reinthaler, Robert Battey

Posted at 09:44 AM ET, 06/19/2012

Weekend links
By Anne Midgette
Reviews; the Wayward Sisters hit the Washington Early Music Festival;Slatkin leads the National Orchestral Institute; and a summer “Carmen” shows off good women and anemic men.

By Anne Midgette  |  09:44 AM ET, 06/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  WEMF, NOI, Robert Battey, Joan Reinthaler

Posted at 08:34 AM ET, 06/15/2012

Links: Norman Scribner’s last goodbye; Vivaldi on the mandolin
By Anne Midgette
Links to reviews of Norman Scribner’s final farewell from the Choral Arts Society, the mandolin player Avi Avital in recital, and a minor-league “Otello.”

By Anne Midgette  |  08:34 AM ET, 06/15/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Charles T. Downey

Posted at 12:49 AM ET, 06/11/2012

Links: From Salerno-Sonnenberg to Simpson, a weekend review roundup
By Anne Midgette
Links to reviews from a busy weekend that included everything from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to a small-scale staging of Mozart’s “Idomeneo.”

By Anne Midgette  |  12:49 AM ET, 06/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Joe Banno, Stephen Brookes, Joan Reinthaler, Robert Battey, Charles T. Downey

Posted at 11:42 AM ET, 06/08/2012

Links: a season ends, a festival opens
By Anne Midgette
Links to reviews of the NSO’s last concert of the season; the beginning of the Washington Early Music Festival; and Christoph Eschenbach with the Kennedy Center Chamber Players.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:42 AM ET, 06/08/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  NSO, WEMF, Robert Battey, Joe Banno, Charles T. Downey

Posted at 10:41 AM ET, 06/01/2012

Eschenbach, Saks, et alia: reviews and addenda
By Anne Midgette
Reviews of Christoph Eschenbach, having fun with the NSO; Gidon Saks, having fun with the audience; the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and others.

By Anne Midgette  |  10:41 AM ET, 06/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Joan Reinthaler, Robert Battey, Charles T. Downey

Posted at 12:36 PM ET, 05/01/2012

Links: Bashmet disappoints, Steinbacher shines, and other recent reviews
By Anne Midgette
A roundup of reviews by Washington Post critics from a busy few days of classical concerts.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:36 PM ET, 05/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Joe Banno, Robert Battey, Charles T. Downey, Cecelia Porter, Joan Reinthaler

Posted at 10:36 AM ET, 04/16/2012

Links: Josh Bell as music director; two local opera companies make good(ish); and other weekend highlights.
By Anne Midgette
The violinist Joshua Bell led the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields; other notable concerts this weekend included two world premieres, one of an opera about 1950s self-help manuals (by Urban Arias) and one of an affirming orchestral piece with Sweet Honey in the Rock (by the NSO).

By Anne Midgette  |  10:36 AM ET, 04/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Joe Banno, Robert Battey, Stephen Brookes, NSO

Posted at 11:32 AM ET, 04/12/2012

Links: the week in reviews
By Anne Midgette
Reviews of the NSO last week; the latest offering from the series of new music concerts at the Atlas; the Arditti quartet; and a series highlighting young Japanese artists to celebrate the centennial of the cherry blossoms.

By Anne Midgette  |  11:32 AM ET, 04/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Stephen Brookes, Robert Battey

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 04/02/2012

Weekend reviews: from Bach to Midori
By Anne Midgette
The Bach Sinfonia recreated Bach’s 1723 audition in Leipzig; Midori concluded her residency in Alexandria; the University of Maryland gave a preview of its upcoming Argento celebration; and Mikhail Simonyan played a violin recital.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:46 PM ET, 04/02/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Joan Reinthaler, Robert Battey, Bach Sinfonia

Posted at 10:18 AM ET, 03/26/2012

Links: iPod concert and other weekend highlights
By Anne Midgette
I so much wanted to love “Shuffle.Play.Listen,” Christopher O’Riley and Matt Haimovitz’s iPod-inspired eclectic recital, but I didn’t, entirely. My colleagues waxed more enthusiastic about the NSO, the BSO, the Modigliani Quartet, and “The Mikado.”

By Anne Midgette  |  10:18 AM ET, 03/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Tom Huizenga, Joan Reinthaler, Stephen Brookes

Posted at 08:05 AM ET, 03/23/2012

Links: NSO Czechs in
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Reviews of the National Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak and the Prague Philharmonia at the Kennedy Center.

By  |  08:05 AM ET, 03/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Charles T. Downey, Robert Battey

Posted at 12:44 AM ET, 03/21/2012

Links: Perahia, L’Arpeggiata, and Ute Lemper
By Anne Midgette, Charles T. Downey and Robert Battey
The Washington Post’s classical music critics weigh in on highlights of last Sunday’s offerings in the city.

By Anne Midgette, Charles T. Downey and Robert Battey  |  12:44 AM ET, 03/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Charles Downey

Posted at 12:24 PM ET, 03/19/2012

Links: Reviews of Repin, Chen, and other weekend highlights
By Anne Midgette, Stephen Brookes, Cecelia Porter, Robert Battey and Joe Banno
The violinist Vadim Repin disappointed; the violinist Ray Chen did not; Francesca Caccini got her moment in the spotlight; and the BSO appeared to mirror the Kennedy Center’s ongoing festival of Central European music.

By Anne Midgette, Stephen Brookes, Cecelia Porter, Robert Battey and Joe Banno  |  12:24 PM ET, 03/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Classical Beat | Tags:  Stephen Brookes, Cecelia Porter, Robert Battey, Joe Banno

Posted at 01:23 PM ET, 03/14/2012

Link: Dan Zhu a weak partner for Eschenbach
By Robert Battey
Robert Battey reviews Christoph Eschenbach’s performance of Mozart with the young Chinese violinist Dan Zhu — and finds that Zhu comes up short.

By Robert Battey  |  01:23 PM ET, 03/14/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey

Posted at 12:01 PM ET, 02/27/2012

Weekend links: Armenian cellist; Brooklyn Rider
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Reviews of the Tchaikovsky Competition winner in recital and the alt-classical string quartet playing vibrato-less Beethoven.

By  |  12:01 PM ET, 02/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Classical Beat | Tags:  Cecelia Porter, Robert Battey

Posted at 12:29 PM ET, 02/13/2012

Links: Two Orpheuses heard in DC region
By Anne Midgette
Philip Glass’s opera “Orphee” and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet were highlights of the weekend’s classical offerings. Also: Sol Gabetta, the cellist, made her recital debut, and Nordic Voices sang at Dumbarton Church.

By Anne Midgette  |  12:29 PM ET, 02/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert Battey, Tom Huizenga, Cecelia Porter