United States Mozart, Schumann, Dvořák: Modigliani Quartet (Guillaume Sutre & Loïc Rio [violins], Laurent Marfaing [viola], François Kieffer [cello]), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 17.11.2016. (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Slovene and Argentine Rarities from Bernarda Fink
United States Wolf, Schumann, Škerjanc, Guastavino, Ginastera: Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Spiri (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.11.2016. (BJ)
Hadelich and Sáinz Villegas Combine Serious Depth with Uninhibited Fun
United States Falla, Rodrigo, Palomo, Dyens, Piazzolla, Sarasate, Paganini: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.11.2016. (BJ)
An Australian Brings Polish and Emotional Heft—Plus an Arnold Rarity
United States Gluck, Mozart, Respighi, Arnold: Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia / Kynan Johns (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.11.2016. (BJ)
‘A Curate’s Egg’: Langrée Achieves Mixed Results
United States Schnittke, Beethoven, Brahms: Midori, Juliette Kang and Kimberly Fisher (violins), Philadelphia Orchestra / Louis Langrée (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.11.2016. (BJ)
Jerusalem Quartet Blends Lightness and Charm with Breadth and Intensity
United States Haydn, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlovsky & Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 31.10.2016. (BJ)
Altinoglu’s Brahms First Went Better Than It Sounded
United States Dutilleux, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Veronika Eberle (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Alain Altinoglu (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia. 29.10.2016. (BJ)
Profundity and Poetry in Zacharias’s Pianism
United States Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann: Christian Zacharias (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 1.11.2016 (BJ)