United States Scriabin and Tchaikovsky: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago. 3.3.2015 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
No Signs of World-Weariness in a Quartet’s Delightful Haydn
United Kingdom Haydn, Reger, and Schoenberg: Orion String Quartet, Peter Serkin (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.2.2015 (BJ)
Four Minus One Pieces of Excellent Music
United States Wagner, Berg, Ligeti, and Debussy: Gil Shaham (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.2.2015 (BJ)
Viennese Schools of Two Centuries
United States Schoenberg, Schubert, and Beethoven: Lars Vogt (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 18.2.2015 (BJ)
Philadelphia’s Concertmaster Shines in Dual Role
United States Grieg, Beethoven, and Mozart: David Kim (leader), Imogen Cooper (piano and leader), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.2.2015 (BJ)
For Once, A Less-Than-Stellar Evening at PCMS
United States Schubert, Kurtág, Dvořák, Brahms, and Beethoven: Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon (piano, piano duet), Michelle Ross (violin), Brook Speltz (cello), Sarah Shafer (soprano), Rebecca Ringle (mezzo-soprano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 12.2.2015 (BJ)
East Coast Premiere of Theodore Morrison’s Oscar
United States Morrison, Oscar: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Evan Rogister (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 8.2.2014 (BJ)
Matthew Polenzani: Not Your Ordinary, Run-of-the-Mill Tenor
United States Beethoven, Liszt, Satie, Ravel, and Barber: Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.2.2015 (BJ)