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International Concerts

All non-UK concert reviews

Unusual Stucky Score Opens Jaap van Zweden’s Chicago Program

13/12/201110/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States   Stucky, Mozart, and Mahler: David McGill (bassoon), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 3.12.2011 (JLZ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz

Boston Symphony on Tour in San Francisco Blows the Roof Off With Ravel, But Gets Way Too Careful With Mahler and Harbison

13/12/201110/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Harbison, Ravel, Mahler: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ludivoc Morlot (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 7.12.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Pressler’s Passion Charms Canton Symphony Audience

13/12/201109/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Debussy: Menahem Pressler (piano), Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmerman (conductor), Umstattd Hall, Canton, Ohio (USA). 4.12.2011 (TW)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Canton, Tom Wachunas

Lugansky: a Pianist of Awesome Talent

13/12/201109/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Chopin and Liszt: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), University of Washington President’s Piano Series, Meany Hall, Seattle. 15.11.2011 (BJ)

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

Despite Downer Material, Soprano Karita Mattila Connects With San Francisco Audience

13/12/201109/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Poulenc, Debussy, Sallinen, Marx: Karita Mattila (soprano), Martin Katz (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 6.12.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Not Your Usual School Music Recital: Juilliard’s Students Show What They’ve Learned

13/12/201107/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Handel, Telemann: Juilliard 415, Monica Huggett (leader and violin), Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Juilliard School, New York City, 2.12.2011 (SSM)

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

The Draw of Weinberg: Transcriptions from the Castle

09/01/201307/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Weinberg, Glinka, Schumann: Julia Rebekka Adler (viola), Jascha Nemtsov (piano), Sudhaus, Toering Castle, Seefeld (near Munich) 4.12.2011 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Even At Less Than Their Best, Takács Gets to the Heart Of Three Twentieth-Century Quartets

13/12/201106/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Janáček, Britten, Ravel: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, violins; Geraldine Walther, viola; András Fejér, cello), presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California at Berkeley, 4.12.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco
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