United States Verdi, Don Carlo: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 29.4.2014 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Freshness and Warmth from the Ensō String Quartet and Colleagues
United States Wolf, Whitehead, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky: Ensō String Quartet, Dimitri Murrath (viola), Peter Wiley (cello), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.4.2015 (BJ)
Fulfilling a Prophecy, Youthful Mastery Blooms
United States Schumann, Webern, Poulenc, Bach, Boccherini, Bloch, and Tchaikovsky: Julian Schwarz (cello), Sara Daneshpour (piano), St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 19.4.2015 (BJ)
A Tale of Hope and Expectation
United States Schumann and Berg: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.4.2015 (BJ)
Paul Goodwin Leads with Brilliance, Style, and Wit
United States Mozart, Stamitz, and Beethoven: Choong-Jin Chang (viola), Philadelphia Orchestra, Paul Goodwin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2015 (BJ)
Superb Haydn and Beethoven, Magical Debussy from the Takács Quartet
United States Haydn, Debussy, and Beethoven: Takács Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 9.4.2015 (BJ)
A Musical Feast Undermined by Visual Shenanigans
United States Bach, St. Matthew Passion: Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), The American Boychoir (Fernando Malver-Ruiz, director), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 4.4.2015 (BJ)
Hamelin’s Schubert the Worthy Legacy of a Great Teacher
United States Field, Hamelin, Debussy, and Schubert: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 31.3.2015 (BJ)