United States The Last Noel, Songs & Carols for Christmas: Anonymous 4, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, 11.12.2015 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads a Messiah of Awe-Inspiring Greatness
United States Handel, Messiah: Soloists, Philadelphia Voices (Jonathan Coopersmith, choral direction), Michael Stairs (organ), Davyd Booth (portative organ), Hai-Ye Ni (cello), Harold Robinson (double bass), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 12.12.2015 (BJ)
A Quartet Too Exciting For Its Own Good
United States Szymanowski, Beethoven, and Schumann: Parker Quartet; Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 13.12.2015. (BJ)
A Duo, a Trio, a Quartet, and a Lute Recital: Diversity Rules
United States Various Composers, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Soloists, American Philosophical Society, Perelman Theater, Philadelphia. 1-4.12.2015. (BJ)
Cecile Licad in American Piano Sonatas through the Centuries
United States Reinagle, MacDowell, Siegmeister, Griffes: “First American Sonatas”: Cecile Licad ( piano); Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 24.11.2015 (BJ)
Noseda Introduces the United States to an Unfamiliar Masterpiece
United States Rossini, Rachmaninoff, and Casella: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Simon Trpčeski (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 27.11.2015 (BJ)
Kavakos as Brilliant as Ever in Sibelius Concerto
United States Liszt, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.11.2015. (BJ)
Three Concerts Show Chamber Music of All Shapes and Sizes
United States Chopin, Schumann, Mozart, and Schumann/Debussy: Zoltán Fejérvári and Kuok-Wai Lio (pianos); Curtis Institute of Music, Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, 17.11.2015 (BJ)