United States Schubert, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn: Emerson String Quartet, Roberto Díaz (viola), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.2.2016 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Curtis Students in a Thrilling Pendant to Mentors’ Viennese Fest
United States Webern, Schumann, and Brahms: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 30.1.2016. (BJ)
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
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United States Busoni, Berio, and Mahler: Curtis Symphony Orchestra, members of the Curtis Opera Theatre, Ludovic Morlot and Conner Gray Covington (conductors), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 31.1.2016. (BJ)
Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque, Op. 42
Berio: Sinfonia
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
Inspired by Horszowski, a Trio Proves Worthy of the Name
United States Beethoven, Tower, and Schubert: Horszowski Trio, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 29.1.2016 (BJ)
Urgency Over Depth: Missing the Spirit of Bruckner
United States Haydn and Bruckner: Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 21.1.2016 (BJ)
A Weekend Luxuriating in Viennese Musical Pleasures
United States Strauss II, Beethoven, Beethoven/Mahler, and Gruber: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.1.2016 (BJ)
United States Curtis Presents–Eric Owens and Friends: Kirsten MacKinnon (soprano), Lauren Eberwein (mezzo-soprano), Evan LeRoy Johnson (tenor), Eric Owens and Vartan Gabrielian (bass-baritones), Mikael Eliasen and Danielle Orlando (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 17.1.2016 (BJ)
Pondering a Gifted Violinist and Stylistic Perceptivity
United States Bach, Prokofiev, and Saint-Saëns: Hye-Jin Kim (violin), Ieva Jokubaviciute (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 13.1.2016 (BJ)
Unanimity and Grace from Richard Woodhams and the Orion
United States Mozart, Kirchner, and Beethoven: Orion String Quartet, Richard Woodhams (oboe), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.1.2016. (BJ)
Tetzlaff and Luisi Combine Imagination with Respect for the Material
United States Glinka and Tchaikovsky: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.1.2016. (BJ)