United States Schubert, Poulenc, Brahms, Ravel: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.12.2018. (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Three Years Later, Nézet-Séguin’s Retake of Messiah
United States Handel, Messiah: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Jonas Hacker (tenor), Philippe Sly (bass-baritone), Westminster Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.12.2018. (BJ)
A Brahms Second Piano Concerto To Make You Think
United States Brahms, Brown, Dvořák: Emanuel Ax (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 1.12.2018. (BJ)
A Weekend Spanning Five Centuries of (Mostly) English Music
United States Purcell, Handel, Tippett, Britten: 17 & 18.11.2018. (BJ)
Imogen Cooper Couples Intensity and Subtlety
United States Haydn, Adès, Beethoven, Schubert: Imogen Cooper (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.11.2018. (BJ)
A Dazzling Celebration of Gary Graffman’s 90th birthday
United States Thomas, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky: Haochen Zhang (piano), Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero and Yue Bao (conductors), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 28.10.2018. (BJ)
A Tosca of High Artistry and Overwhelming Conviction
United States Puccini, Tosca: Soloists, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Boys Choir (artistic director: Jeffrey R. Smith), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.5.2018. (BJ)
A Philadelphia Tour Preview: Grimaud Offers Grace and Expressivity
United States Brahms, Schumann, Dvořák, Beethoven: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11/20.5.2018 (BJ)