Mark S Jordan – Page 11 – Seen and Heard International

Dark undercurrents and reserve in Uchida’s Cleveland recital

15/11/201906/11/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Schubert: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 3.11.2019. (MSJ)

Mitsuko Uchida at Severance Hall (c) Roger Mastroianni

Instrumental wonder in Slobodeniouk’s Cleveland debut

15/11/201930/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Nielsen: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 24.10.2019. (MSJ)

In Ohio, a frustrating demonstration of why venues matter

08/11/201925/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Echoes of Venice: Amanda Powell, Raha Mirzadegan (sopranos), Jacob Perry (tenor), The Dark Horse Consort, Apollo’s Singers, Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), United Church of Christ, Avon Lake, Ohio, 20.10.2019. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell with the Dark Horse Consort, Apollo’s Singers,
and Apollo’s Fire

An auspicious debut for the new director of CityMusic Cleveland

08/11/201924/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Mozart, Bruch, Montgomery, Haydn: Amit Peled (cello), CityMusic Cleveland / Amit Peled (conductor), St. Stanislaus Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 19.10.2019 (MSJ)

Amit Peled rehearsing CityMusic Cleveland
in St. Stanislaus Church (c) Mark S. Jordan

In Cleveland, bold rethinking— in the second half, anyway

04/11/201914/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States Brahms, Adés, Bach: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, 11.10.2019. (MSJ)

In Akron, compelling Vivaldi from Apollo’s Fire

26/10/201905/10/2019 by Mark S Jordan

United States ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Rediscovered’: Alan Choo, Olivier Brault, and Carrie Krause (violins), René Schiffer and Ezra Seltzer (cellos), Kathie Stewart (traverse flute), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor), Bath Church, Akron, Ohio, 1.10.2019. (MSJ)