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NYPO offer a Beethoven Bon-bon, some Sebastian Currier Caffeine and a Dollop of Brucknerian Schlag

03/07/201107/06/2011 by Stan

Beethoven, Sebastian Currier, Bruckner : Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Alan Gilbert (conductor), New York Philharmonic, New York, 2.6.2011 (SSM)

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

BBC NOW’s Swansea season closes with Isabelle Faust

03/07/201107/06/2011 by Stan

Schubert, Sibelius and Brahms: Isabelle Faust (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor) Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 4.6.2011 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Glyn Pursglove, Swansea

Marc-Andre Hamelin at New York’s Zankel Hall

03/07/201107/06/2011 by Stan

Haydn, Schumann, Wolpe, Fauré, Liszt : Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Zankel Hall, New York, 11.5.2011 (BH)

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

New York’s MATA Festival 2011, “A Burst of Blinding Clarity”

12/06/201207/06/2011 by Stan

MATA Festival 2011, “A Burst of Blinding Clarity” : Mary Mackenzie (soprano), Luca Piovesan (accordion), Doug and Brad Balliett (narrators), Andrew Cyr (conductor), Metropolis Ensemble, (Le) Poisson Rouge), New York, 12.5.2011 (BH)

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

Two celebrations of Samuel Jones by the Seattle Symphony

03/07/201107/06/2011 by Stan

Jones, Liszt, Shostakovich, and Schoenfield : Gerard Schwarz (conductor), William Wolfram (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 2.6.2011; Samuel Jones Celebration: Members of the Seattle Symphony and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 3.6.2010 (BJ)

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

Mahler’s Ninth with Haitink and the Chicago Symphony

03/07/201107/06/2011 by Stan

Mahler’s Ninth Symphony : Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 4.6.2011 (JLZ)

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

‘Two concerts in one’ in Cardiff – and a young pianist impresses

03/07/201104/06/2011 by Stan

Weber, Grieg, Hindemith, Liszt, Bach/Liszt, Prokofiev: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Christoph König (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff 31.5.2011. (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Haitink returns to Chicago with Schumann, Mozart and Brahms

03/07/201104/06/2011 by Stan

Schumann, Mozart and Brahms: Emanuel Ax (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Symphony Center, Chicago, 28.5.2011 (JLZ)

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