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Bernard Jacobson

Sensitive, Thrilling Verdi Requiem

08/12/201327/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Verdi, Messa da Requiem: Joyce El-Khouri (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), René Barbara (tenor), Jordan Bisch (bass), Seattle Symphony Chorale (Joseph Crnko, director), Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 24.11.2013 (BJ)

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Imagination and Innovation in Stunning Salome

21/11/201319/11/2013 by Stan

R. Strauss, Salome: Soloists, Portland Opera, George Manahan (conductor), Stephen Lawless (director), Benoit Dugardyn (set), Ingeborg Bernerth (costumes), Mark McCullough (lighting), Matthew Ferraro (choreographer/Assistant Director), Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 9.11.2013 (BJ)

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Morlot Pastoral Was Naughty but Nice

21/11/201319/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Sibelius, Dusapin, and Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 15.11.2013 (BJ)

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Morlot Masters Mahler in Riveting Sixth Symphony

21/11/201311/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited StatesBoulez and Mahler: Kimberly Russ (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 7.11.2013 (BJ)

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The Daughter of an American Regiment

21/11/201306/11/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Donizetti, La Fille du régiment: Soloists, Seattle Opera, Yves Abel (conductor), McCaw Hall, Seattle, 19.10.2013 (BJ)

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Mainly (But Abridged) Mozart

25/10/201322/10/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart and Dittersdorf: Susan Gulkis Assadi (viola), Jordan Anderson (double bass), Seattle Symphony, Stilian Kirov (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.10.2013 (BJ)

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Going Backwards Through Musical Time

01/11/201315/10/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and Mozart: Joel Fan (piano), Northwest Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard (conductor), Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle 11.10.2013 (BJ)

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Vaughan Williams, As If Played By Angels

15/10/201314/10/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Purcell, Mozart, and Vaughan Williams: Andrew Manze (conductor), Simone Dinnerstein (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 10.10.2013 (BJ)

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