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Stan Metzger

Bach: A Break from the Rush Hour

25/03/201324/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach: Isabelle Faust (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Labadie (Conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 20.3.2013 (SSM)

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Messiaen: Most Definitely to the Stars

28/02/201423/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Messiaen, Des canyons aux étoiles…: Juho Pohjonen (piano), Laura Weiner (French horn), Ian Sullivan (xylorimba), Jared Soldiviero (glockenspiel), Ensemble ACJW, Robert Spano (Conductor), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 19.3.2013 (SSM)

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New York Philharmonic’s 17 Year Wait for Bach’s Mass in B Minor

25/03/201321/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Mass in B minor:New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (Conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, 13.3.2013 (SSM)

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Jonathan Biss: Music and Didactics

25/03/201317/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Schumann, Janáček, Mozart: Jonathan Biss (piano), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York 12.3.2013 (SSM)

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A Run–Through the Barococo

25/03/201316/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Handel, Vivaldi, Porpora: Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Jérôme Pernoo (cello), Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director and violin), Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York 6.3.2013 (SSM)

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Stephen Hough: No Amateurs Need Apply

16/03/201306/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Chopin, Brahms, Hough, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York 4.3.2013 (SSM)

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A Goldberg to Dream About

05/03/201303/03/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Goldberg Variations: Transcribed by Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (leader), Peter Jay Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School, New York City, 27.2.2013 (SSM)

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The Heirs of Tantalus: A Pasticcio of Blood and Song

10/03/202326/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Handel, Monteverdi, A. Scarlatti: The Heirs of Tantalus: The Broad Street Ballroom, New York, 22.2.2013. (SSM)

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