United States Seattle Chamber Music Society, Winter Festival: James Ehnes (artistic director and violin), Anne-Marie McDermott and Orion Weiss (piano), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Robert deMaine and Andres Diaz (cello). Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, Washington. 23.1.2015 (RC)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Masterly, Penetrating Schubert from the Takács Quartet
United Kingdom Schubert: Takács Quartet [Edward Dusinberre & Károly Schranz (violins), Geraldine Walther (viola), András Féjer (cello)], Wigmore Hall London, 31. 1.2015 (CS)
Savall and Juilliard415 Amid the Charms of Nature
United States Leclair, Marais, Telemann, Rameau, Handel: Amid the Charms of Nature, Juilliard415, Elizabeth Blumenstock (concertmaster), Jordi Savall (director), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 31.1.2015 (SSM)
Katherine Chi and Bramwell Tovey Give a Warm Prokofiev and a Memorable Bruckner
Canada Sibelius, Prokofiev, and Bruckner: Katherine Chi (pianist), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor), Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 2.2.2015 (GN)
A Young Pianist Heading for a Big Career
United States Haydn, Schumann, and Schubert: Kuok-Wai Lio (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)
Stirring Sibelius from Salonen
Switzerland Sibelius and Salonen Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Leila Josefowicz (violin) Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 1.2.15 (JR)
Photo: J. Henry Fair
Quiet Intimacy and Unflagging Power in Demidenko Recital
United Kingdom Glinka, Kallinov, Blumenfeld, Chopin, Liszt: Nikolai Demidenko, piano, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 1.2.2015. (NR)
In Mozartean Balance, Completeness Is All
United States Elgar, Mozart, and Holloway: Stephanie Gonley (violin), Ofer Falk (viola), English Chamber Orchestra, Mark Laycock (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)