Teodor Currentzis’s Verdi Requiem is Less Concert, More Ritual
11/04/2019
Lucerne Easter Festival [1] – Verdi, Messa di Requiem: Zarina Abaeva (soprano), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (mezzo-soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Chorus of Perm Opera, musicAeterna Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Lucerne, 10.4.2019. (JR)
Dazzling Colors Fascinate in Devony Smith and Nikolay Verevkin’s Carnegie Hall Citywide Recital
10/04/2019
Carnegie Hall Citywide – Various Composers: Devony Smith (soprano), Nikolay Verevkin (piano), St. Michael’s Church, New York, 6.4.2019. (RP)
Devony Smith © Jiyang Chen
The Young Russian Alexandra Dovgan Opens Kazan’s International Rakhlin Music Festival
09/04/2019
Ninth International Rakhlin Music Festival – Mendelssohn, Mahler: Alexandra Dovgan (pianist), Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Sladkovsky (conductor), Saydeshev Hall, Kazan, 5.4.2019. (GT)
Alexandra Dovgan
A Night in Brooklyn – The Songs of Daniel Felsenfeld in Context
08/04/2019
Brooklyn Art Song Society – Daniel Felsenfeld, In Context: Marie Marquis (soprano), Laura Strickling (soprano); Kate Maroney (mezzo-soprano), Chris Gross (cello), Michael Brofman (piano), Erika Switzer (piano), Chris Gross (cello), Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, 5.4.2019. (RP)
Daniel Felsenfeld © Joan Chiverton
Sō Percussion ‘Goes Keyboard’ in Berkeley
08/04/2019
Iyer, Shaw, Treuting, Farrin, Trueman, Dennehy: Sō Percussion (Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California Berkeley. 7.3.2019. (HS)
Sō Percussion
From the Hagen Quartet in Philadelphia, a Webern Gem Outshines Two Other Masterpieces
08/04/2019
Schubert, Webern, Beethoven: Hagen Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 29.3.2019. (BJ)
Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen
A Composer Portrait Combining Substance, Brilliance, and Sheer Fun
08/04/2019
A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas: Curtis Ensemble 20/21 / Don Liuzzi (conductor), David Ludwig (artistic director), Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, 23.3.2019. (BJ) Read more
In Oberlin, Transcendent Goldberg Variations from Tharaud
05/04/2019
Bach, Goldberg Variations: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Finney Chapel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 3.4.2019. (MSJ) Read more
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