United States Sibelius, Copland, and Hannibal: Laquita Mitchell (soprano), Rodrick Dixon (tenor), Delaware State University Choir, Lincoln University Concert Choir, Morgan State University Choir (J. Donald Dumpson, choral direction), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.11.2015. (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Presents Yet Another Superb Quartet
United States Haydn, Shostakovich, and Beethoven: Michelangelo String Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 12.11.2015 (BJ)
Anne Sofie von Otter in Philadelphia: A Singer With All the Virtues
United States Purcell, Dowland, Robert Johnson, Kapsberger, Dalza, Provenzale, Couperin, Michel Lambert, de Visée, M.-A. Charpentier, Rameau, Pärt, et al.: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Dunford (theorbo), Jonathan Cohen (harpsichord and organ), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.11.2015. (BJ)
Three Days, Three Thought-Provoking Concerts
United States Mozart, Wernick, and Debussy: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society–Juilliard String Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.11.2015 (BJ)
Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K. 465
Wernick: String Quartet No. 9 (world premiere, PCMS commission)
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Runnicles Back in Commanding Form in Philadelphia
United States Mozart, Brahms, and Strauss: David Kim (violin), Hai-Ye Ni (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 24.10.2015 (BJ)
Another Think-Fest from Jeremy Denk
United States Bach, Hayden/Joplin, Byrd, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Bolcom, Nancarrow, Donald Lambert, Haydn, and Schumann: Jeremy Denk (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.10.2015 (BJ)
Johannes Moser Captures the Essence of Elgar’s Cello Concerto
United States Beethoven, Elgar, and Brahms: Johannes Moser (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.10.2015 (BJ)
A Revealing Encounter Between Bartók and Sibelius
United States Grieg, Bartók, and Sibelius: Gil Shaham (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.10.2015 (BJ)