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Stan Metzger

Bach’s Youngest Son Composes Works in the Style of his Elder Brothers

15/04/201411/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Georg Kallweit (concertmaster), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 8.4.2014 (SSM)

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Bach’s St. John Passion Takes a Place Where it Belongs

09/04/201409/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, Soloists with members of the Yale Schola Cantorum, Juilliard415 and members of the Yale Baroque Ensemble, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, New York,  4.4.2014 (SSM) 

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Rameau’s Platée: No Frogs in Throat Here

09/04/201404/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rameau, Platée: Soloists, chorus, and orchestra of Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 2.4.2014 (SSM)

Portrait de l'acteur Jelyotte en costume de femme. Musée. The first Platée.
Platée: Portrait de l’acteur Jelyotte en costume de femme. Musée du Louvre.

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Paul Lewis: Brains and Brawn Synthesized

31/03/201429/03/2014 by Stan

J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Paul Lewis (piano), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 26.3.2014 (SSM)

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Uncommon Handel: Surprisingly Rewarding

25/03/201423/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Handel: Handelfest 2014, Soloists and Chorus of the American Classical Orchestra, Thomas Crawford (Director), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 19.3.2014 (SSM)

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A Varied Program of Baroque Music Handled Royally by Tafelmusik

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Veracini, Delalande, J. S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Marais: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.3.2014

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Fitting Celebration for C. P. E . Bach on His 300th Anniversary

24/04/201412/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Mozart, Telemann: Scholar and Lunatic or the Roots of Romanticism, The Four Nations Ensemble,  Salon/Sanctuary Concert Series, Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium, New York, 8.3.2014 (SSM)

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Portrait by Johann Philipp Bach

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Handel’s Samson: Larger than Life

15/04/201410/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Handel, Samson: Soloists and Chorus of the American Classical Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (Conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 4.3.2014 (SSM)

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