United States Daugherty and Mahler: Carol Jantsch (tuba), Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 28.3.2015 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Emersonian Splendor as Compelling as Ever
United States Haydn, Beethoven, and Ravel: Emerson String Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 27.3.2015 (BJ)
Together or Apart, Batiashvili and Lewis Shine
United States Schubert, Bach, Telemann, and Beethoven: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Paul Lewis (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.3.2015 (BJ)
Evoking Curzon in a Mozart Concerto of Admirable Restraint
United States Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Verdi: Sean Chen (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Nir Kabaretti (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA. 23.3.2015 (BJ)
Recent Events Cast Shadow Over Schubert Lieder Recital
United States Schubert: Susanna Phillips (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Jennifer Montone (horn), Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Myra Huang (piano) Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA. 24.3.2015 (BJ)
Seven Bright Planets Outshone by a Single Star
United StatesRespighi, Mendelssohn, and Holst: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.3.2015 (BJ)
Two Groups in Two Views of One Janáček Quartet
United States Beethoven, Janáček, Brahms, Golijov, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky: Rubens Quartet, Dimitri Murrath (viola), ECCO, Judi Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, 19-20.3.2015 (BJ)
Piano Trios New and Old in Commanding Performances
United States Czerny, Wernick, and Schumann: Trio Cleonice, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 15.3.2015 (BJ)