United States Mozart, Kim, and Fauré: Musicians from Marlboro: Hye-Jin Kim and Danbi Um (violins), Rebecca Albers and Shuangshuang Liu (violas), Peter Stumpf (cello), Hyunah Yu (soprano), Kuok-Wai Lio (piano). Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 9.10.2015 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Opera Philadelphia’s Emotionally Compelling and Thought-Provoking La traviata
United States Verdi, La traviata: Opera Philadelphia, soloists, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 4.10.2015 (BJ)
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Presents a Dazzling New Talent
United States Delibes, Tao, and Saint-Saëns: Conrad Tao (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.9.2015 (BJ)
Operatic Portrait of a Jazz Legend
United States Schnyder, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (world premiere–co-commission and co-production with Gotham Chamber Opera): Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.6.2015 (BJ)
Europe-Bound, Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra Give a Stunning Preview
United States Muhly, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninoff: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.5.2015 (BJ)
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates Fifty Years on Stage
United States Brossé, Beethoven, and Barber: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Alan Morrison (organ), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.5.2015 (BJ)
Excellent Curtis “Rake” Leaves Doubts in Its Wake
United States Stravinsky: Soloists, Curtis Opera Theatre, Mark Russell Smith (conductor), Prince Theater, Philadelphia, 9.5.2014 (BJ)
Zest and Eloquence in Marlboro Musicians’ Mozart
United States Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart: Musicians from Marlboro: Mary Lynch (oboe), Wei-Ping Chou and Patrick Pridemore (horns), David McCarroll and Itamar Zorman (violins), Hélène Clément (viola), Peter Wiley (cello), Tony Flynt (double bass), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.5.2015 (BJ)