United States Brahms, Haydn, and Strauss: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.12.2014 (BJ)
Concert Reviews
The complete list of posted concert reviews
Benjamin Grosvenor Gives Solid House Debut
Austria Rameau, Bach-Busoni, Franck, Chopin: Benjamin Grosvenor (pianist). Schubert Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna. 26.11.2014 (SS)
A Long but Celebratory Evening, All in a Great Cause
United Kingdom Tait Winter Prom: directed by Greg Eldridge and presented by Kimberley Busteed; various artists with The Tait Chamber Orchestra, Kelly Lovelady (conductor). St. John’s, Smith Square, London, 9.12.2014. (JPr)
A Brilliantly Sung Festive Hotch-Potch from The Sixteen
United Kingdom The Sixteen at Christmas: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 09.12.2014 (SRT)
Arnaldo Cohen Evokes Piano Virtuosos of the Past
Canada Bach-Busoni, Brahms and Chopin: Arnaldo Cohen (piano), Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, BC, 30.11.2014. (GN)
Freshness and Beautiful Phrasing from Manze in Beethoven’s Pastoral
United Kingdom Walton, George Butterworth, Vaughan Williams, Beethoven: James Clark (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze, Guild Hall, City of Preston, Sunday 7.12. 2014 (MC)
The Fibonacci Sequence Celebrates its 20th Birthday in Style
United Kingdom Copland, Mozart, Benjamin Wallfisch. Schulhoff, Saint-Saëns. Simon Wallfisch (baritone), Fibonacci Sequence [Paul Archibald (trumpet), Daniel Pioro & Marije Ploemacher (violin),Yuko Inoue (viola), Benjamin Hughes (cello), Lynda Houghton (double bass), Christopher O’Neal (cor anglais), Kathron Sturrock (piano)], Hall One, King’s Place, London, 7.12.2014 (LB)
Curtis Chamber Orchestra Combines Pleasure with Instruction
United States Copland, Bernstein, Mahler, and Stravinsky: Bella Hristova (violin), Curtis Chamber Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero and Edward Poll (conductors), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.12.2014 (BJ)