United States Beethoven: Paul Hersh (piano), Stefan Milenkovich and Stefan Hersh (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Bonnie Hampton (cello), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 27.7.2013 (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Diverse Audience for Mozart Masterpieces Provides Reassuring Continuity
United States Mozart: Julio Elizalde (piano), Charles Weatherbee and Korine Fujiwara (violins), Alan Iglitzin (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), Teddy Abrams (piano, clarinet), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 13.7.2013 (BJ)
World Premiere Promises More Than It Delivers
United States Beethoven, Dillon, and Mozart: Various artists, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 8.7.2012 (BJ)
Virtuoso Meal with Four Substantial Courses
United States Mozart, Prokofiev, Bach, and Sarasate: Julio Elizalde (piano), Ray Chen (violin), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 6.7.2013 (BJ)
Urban and Bucolic: Pacific Northwest Chamber Music
United States Brahms, Beethoven, Honegger, and Enescu: Seattle Chamber Music Society, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 29.6.2013
Liszt, Hahn, and Schumann: Paul Hersh (piano), Zachary Gordin (baritone), Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 30.6.2013 (BJ)
“Bleeding Chunks” Come First in Satisfying Season Finale
United States Wagner and Saint-Saëns: Joseph Adam (organ), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 27.6.2013 (BJ)
Morlot Crafts a Momentous Britten War Requiem
United States Britten, War Requiem: Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Christine Brewer (soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Seattle Pro Musica (Karen P. Thomas, director), Northwest Boychoir and Seattle Symphony Chorale (Joseph Crnko, director), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.6.2013 (BJ)
Britten’s Music–Not Merely Chromatic but Polychromatic
United States Britten and Gjeilo: Soloists, Seattle Choral Company, Freddie Coleman (conductor), Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, 8.6.2013 (BJ)