United States Debussy, Varèse, and Brahms: Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern and Edward Poll* (conductors), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 17.4.2016. (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Premieres for Timpani and Clarinet: Quite a Sight
United States Bernstein, Wright, Leshnoff, and Prokofiev: Don S. Liuzzi (timpani), Ricardo Morales (clarinet), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.4.2016. (BJ)
Grandeur and Informality Co-Exist in Tharaud’s Ravel
United States Weill, Ravel, and Gershwin: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2016. (BJ)
Brilliance and Stylistic Insight from a Youthful Piano and Violin Duo
United States Mozart and Janáček: Andrew Tyson (piano), Benjamin Beilman (violin), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.4.2016. (BJ)
Do I Repeat Myself? Very Well – I Repeat Myself
Do I Repeat Myself? Very Well – I Repeat Myself by Bernard Jacobson
Ohlsson and the Takács in a Transcendent Elgar Piano Quintet
United States Beethoven, Webern and Elgar: Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.4.2016 (BJ)
Intellect Outbalances Beauty in Doric String Quartet’s Schubert
United States Haydn, Janáček, and Schubert: Doric String Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.4.2016. (BJ)
Impressive Music-Making Outside the Top-Orchestra Circuit
United States Grieg, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Beethoven: James Rester, Kenneth Bell, John DeVivo, and Albert Houde (horns), Reading Symphony Orchestra, members of the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra*, Andrew Constantine (conductor), Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading, Pennsylvania. 2.4.2016 (BJ)