Explosion of orchestral and vocal color in San Francisco from works by Simon, Price, Brahms and Franck

United StatesUnited States Various: Melody Wilson (mezzo-soprano), San Francisco Symphony Chorus (Anthony Trecek-King: director), San Francisco Symphony / Earl Lee, Akiko Fujimoto, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductors). Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 17.2.2022. (HS)

Melody Wilson (mezzo-soprano) and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (conductor) in Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody © Stefan Cohen

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Spektral Quartet creates its own environment in a world premiere from Samuel Adams

United StatesUnited States Glass, Schubert, Samuel Adams: Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon, Maeve Feinberg [violins], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]) Presented by Cal Performances, Hertz Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 13.2.2022. (HS)

Maeve Feinberg, Clara Lyon (violins), Doyle Armbrust (viola), Russell Rolen (cello) © Jocelyn Chuang

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First Italian performance of Thomas Adès’s Piano Concerto

ItalyItaly Dukas, Adès, R. Strauss: Kirill Gerstein (piano), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). National Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, 5.2.2022. (GP)

Kirill Gerstein, Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (c) Santa Cecilia Academy

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