United States Bach: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.11.2014 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Two Concerts with a Spotlight on the “King of Instruments”
United States Mahler: Angela Meade (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 2.11.2014 (BJ)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Buxtehude, Paulus, and Elgar: Ken Cowan (organ), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.11.2014 (BJ)
More Excitement than Repose from Jurowski and Ibragimova
United States Anderson, Mozart, and Strauss: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.10.2014 (BJ)
“New-ish” Juilliard Quartet Lives up to Its Tradition
United States Berg and Schubert: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Juilliard Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 24.10.2014 (BJ)
An Ives Evening to Treasure
United States Ives: Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Gilbert Kalish (piano), Edward Schultz (flute), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 21.10.2014 (BJ)
Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass Crowns an Evening of Welcome Rarities
United States Sibelius, Dvořák, and Janáček: Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), John Relyea (bass), Michael Stairs (organ), The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director), Philadelphia Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 18.10.2014 (BJ)
Freedom and Joyous Accuracy from the Belcea Quartet
United States Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert: Belcea Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17.10.2014 (BJ)
Mark Padmore Leads Off Season’s Vocal Offerings for Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
United States Schumann, Tippett, and Fauré: Mark Padmore (tenor), Jonathan Biss (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.10.2014 (BJ)