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Concert Reviews

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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

A Regrettable “Carmen” at San Francisco Opera Sunk by the Soloists

30/12/201106/12/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Children’s Chorus, War Memorial Opera House, San Francis, 29.11.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Ouija-Connection to Schubert’s Ghost and Ravel’s Never-Ending Hum(m)dinger

09/01/201306/12/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Berio, Ravel: David Robertson (conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Herkulessaal, Munich 2.12.2011 (JFL)

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Categories 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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