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The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Celebrates its 30th Anniversary

03/04/201630/03/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Schubert, and Dvořák: Jonathan Biss and Richard Goode (piano), Mark Steinberg (violin), Peter Wiley (cello), Sarah Shafer (soprano), Anthony McGill (clarinet), Brentano Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 24.3.2016. (BJ)

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Finding the right tempo in Debussy and Beethoven

03/04/201627/03/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Debussy, Beethoven:  Nelson Goerner, Victoria Hall, Geneva, 27.3.2016. (ALL)

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A Powerful Debut for the Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

03/04/201626/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Haydn, Chausson, Mendelssohn: Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio, Vancouver Playhouse, 20.3.2016. (GN)

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Brown-Urioste-Canellakis Trio

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Tantalizing Singing and Playing in Pacific Baroque’s Handel and Bach

31/03/201625/03/2016 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada  Bach, Handel: Yulia Van Doren (soprano), Douglas Williams (baritone), Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann (conductor and continuo), Vancouver Playhouse, 18.3.2016. (GN)

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Vancouver Playhouse © Jan Gates

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Variations on a … Song Cycle by Robert Schumann

31/03/201625/03/2016 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Schumann, Grieg, Richard Strauss, Dankworth, Fauré, Rangström, Mahler, Turina, Ravel, Duparc, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Berlioz, Granados, Quitter – Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano): Geneva, 20.3.2016. (ALL)

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Susan Graham (c) B. Ealovega

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Unrelenting Terror and Frenzy from Shostakovich, Jansons and the Bavarians

31/03/201624/03/2016 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Shostakovich: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)  Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne 20.3.2016 (JR)

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Distinguished Work from the Miró Quartet and Ricardo Morales Still Raises an Interpretative Doubt

31/03/201624/03/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Ginastera, and Mozart: Miró Quartet, Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.3.2016. (BJ)

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A Surprising New Banjo Concerto from Béla Fleck

07/11/201724/03/2016 by Tom Wachunas

United StatesUnited States Glinka, Fleck, Rossini, Sibelius, Enescu: Béla Fleck (banjo), Canton Symphony Orchestra / Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, Canton, Ohio. 19.3.2016. (TW)

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