United States Beethoven and Schubert: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Alina Pogostkina (violin), Andreas Brantelid (cello), Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 6.10.2013 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Fun and Sobriety in a Dream Program
United States Bartók, Beethoven, Haydn, and Johann Strauss, Jr.: Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Oregon Symphony,Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, 28.9.2013 (BJ)
How Great is Ravel?
Ravel: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 19.9.2013 (BJ)
Piratical Preface to Festival Finale
[Sullivan], Debussy, and Beethoven: Julio Elizalde (piano), Jessica Lee and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Patrick Jee (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 31.8.2013 (BJ)
Riveting Human Interplay and Ravishing Orchestra in Final Wadsworth Ring
United StatesWagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen: Soloists, Stephen Wadsworth (director), Thomas Lynch (set designer), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting designer), Beth Kirchhoff (chorus master), Seattle Opera, Asher Fisch (conductor), Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, 20-21-23-25.8.2013 (BJ)
Schubert Rarities Brilliantly Played
United States Schubert: Julio Elizalde (piano), Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 17.8.2013 (BJ)
Effective Juxtaposition of the Youthful with the Mature
United States Beethoven, Walton, Foss, and Dvořák: Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu (violin and viola), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), Emily Daggett Smith (violin), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 11.8.2013 (BJ)
Folk Inflections in a Generous Evening
United States Haydn, Enescu, Bartók, and Brahms: Stefan Milenkovich and Andrea Segar (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Matthew Zalkind (cello), Julio Elizalde (piano), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 3.8.2013 (BJ)