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International Concerts

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All-American Program Makes Majestic Season Closer

15/05/201307/05/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Higdon, Barber, Copland: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati. 3.5.2013 (RDA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Cincinnati, Rafael de Acha

Alan Gilbert and NYPO in Istanbul: Mozart with Emanuel Ax, Mussorgsky with High Tension.

15/05/201307/05/2013 by Stan

TurkeyTurkey Mozart, Mussorgky: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Emmanuel Ax (piano), Istanbul 4.5.13 (AM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Istanbul

Gilbert’s NYPO in Rause, Bernstein and Tchaikovsky vs. Istanbul’s Acoustics Problem

08/05/201306/05/2013 by Stan

TurkeyTurkey Rause, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky: New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Joshua Bell (violin), Istanbul 3.5.13 (AM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Istanbul

All-American Menu with Ives Masterpiece

07/05/201330/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Rouse, Bernstein, Ives: Joshua Bell (violin), Representatives of the New York Choral Consortium, Kent Tritle (director), Eric Huebner (piano), Case Scaglione (second conductor), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 18.4.2013 (BH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Carlos Kalmar, Score-Less

07/05/201330/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Britten, Nielsen: Simone Lansma (violin), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Music Hall, Cincinnati.26.4.2013 (RDA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Cincinnati, Rafael de Acha

Late-Night [untitled] Series Draws New Listeners

07/05/201329/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  New Expressions: Hausmann, Anderson, Ung, Krimsky, and Clyne: Seattle Symphony members and friends, Benaroya Hall Grand Lobby, 26.4.2013 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle

Nina Stemme and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Songs, Interludes, and Brahms

12/08/202029/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Nina Stemme and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Songs, Interludes, and Brahms: Nina Stemme (soprano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center  25.4.2013 (DA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

Mozart and Bruckner:Lightness and Heaviness

07/05/201328/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Bruckner: Emanuel Ax (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (Conductor), Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center 24.4.2013 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger
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