United States Bartók, Scandinavian folk music, and Nielsen: Danish Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.2.2015 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
The Great Classics Are the Hardest to Get Right
United States Beethoven and Shostakovich: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 30.1.2015 (BJ)
A Young Pianist Heading for a Big Career
United States Haydn, Schumann, and Schubert: Kuok-Wai Lio (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)
In Mozartean Balance, Completeness Is All
United States Elgar, Mozart, and Holloway: Stephanie Gonley (violin), Ofer Falk (viola), English Chamber Orchestra, Mark Laycock (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)
Some Agreeable But Less Than Stellar Mozart
United StatesMozart: Thomas Hong (conductor), Miho Saegusa (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 26.1.2015 (BJ)
Philadelphia Orchestra Repertoire: Plus ça change . . .
United States Rachmaninoff and Turnage: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.1.2015 (BJ)
Assessing Two Pianists—in One
United States Beethoven, Schoenberg, Schumann, and Berg: Jonathan Biss (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.1.2015 (BJ)
Eclectic Song Recital with Masterly Rachmaninoff
United States Copland, Schubert, Poulenc, Smith, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky: Sarah Shafer (soprano), Lydia Brown (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 20.1.2015 (BJ)