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Bernard Jacobson

A Happy Marriage of Old and New from Polonsky and Weiss

01/11/201627/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Hartke, Shumann, Mendelssohn: Anna Polonsky & Orion Weiss (piano duo), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 23.10.2016. (BJ)

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Emotion and Technique Perfectly Balanced in Colin Carr’s English Program

29/10/201624/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Britten, Adès: Colin Carr (cello), Thomas Sauer (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 20.10.2016. (BJ)

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A Superb Opening for the String Quartet Season (bis!)

23/10/201621/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Schubert, Shostakovich: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea & Axel Schacher [violins], Krzysztof Chorzelski [viola], Antoine Lederlin [cello], Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 17.10.2016. (BJ)

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Rising to the Challenge of a Stimulating Chamber Programme

23/10/201619/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Ibert, Mozart, Chung, Arriaga, Haydn: Ching-Yun Hu (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia / Dirk Brossé & Geoffrey McDonald (conductors), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.10.2016. (BJ)

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Sublime Artistry from Magdalena Kožená and Malcolm Martineau

21/10/201618/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Dvořák, Wolf, Strauss, Fauré, Schoenberg: Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.10.016. (BJ)

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Magdalena Kožená (c) Harald Hoffmann

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Curtis Institute Fashions a Magical L’Enfant et les sortilèges

19/10/201614/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Ravel, Boulez: Soloists, members of Curtis Opera Theatre, Curtis Symphony Orchestra/Corrado Rovaris & Conner Gray Covington (conductors), Christopher Mirto (stage director), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 9.10.2016. (BJ)

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Rattle Leads Mahler’s Sixth Symphony: How Great Must a Great Performance Be?

16/10/201611/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Mahler: Philadelphia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.10.2016. (BJ)

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Turandot – A Stunning Presentation of a Not Very Human Opera

10/10/201604/10/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Puccini, Turandot: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia/Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia. 2.9.2016. (BJ)

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Opera Philadelphia’s Turandot – Christine Goerke (center) (c) Kelly & Massa Photography

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