United States Handel, Schubert, Ligeti, Brahms: Inon Barnatan (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.5.2017. (BJ)
Bernard Jacobson
Undimmed Hilarity – and Profundity – in a Supreme Operatic Masterpiece
United States Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music,, Philadelphia, 7.5.2017. (BJ)
After a Disappointing First Half, Sibelius Comes to the Rescue
United States Salonen, Grieg, Sibelius: Lars Vogt (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.4.2017. (BJ)
Emanuel Ax More Masterly Than Ever in Revelatory Recital
United States Schubert, Chopin, Samuel Adams: Emanuel Ax (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.4.2017. (BJ)
Works for Two Violins from Two Masters of Their Instruments
United States Leclair, Bartók, Bériot, Prokofiev: Pamela Frank, Christian Tetzlaff (violins), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 18.4.2017. (BJ)
In a Last-Minute Podium Substitution, Kensho Watanabe Emerges a Star
United States Beethoven, Bates, Mozart, Liszt: Mason Bates (electronics), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Kensho Watanabe (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.4.2017. (BJ)
A Requiem Pitting Christian Devotion Against Anti-War Disillusion
United States Britten, War Requiem: Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director), Philadelphia Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 25.3.2017. (BJ)
Sub-Standard Eroica Follows Berg Concerto Illuminated Only by Sublime Kavakos
United States Crawford, Berg, Beethoven: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.3.2017. (BJ)