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New York

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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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

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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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

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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Searing “Rite” Signals a New Era

05/03/201326/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Frank, Ravel, Stravinsky: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 22.2.2013 (BH)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Changing Class, Complicit Society—and That Sex Scene

05/03/201326/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Adès, Powder Her Face: Soloists, New York City Opera Orchestra, Jonathan Stockhammer (conductor), New York City Opera, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 17.2.2013 (DA)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

Radamisto: In Need of Some Dolce Vita

10/03/202326/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Handel, Radamisto: Concert performance, The English Concert, Harry Bickett (Director/Harpsichord). Carnegie Hall, New York, 24.2.2013. (SSM)

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Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall: Mostly Sweet, Sometimes Strange

26/02/201323/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bartók, Mahler: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York, 13.2.2013 (BH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Hearing Familiar Music Anew

08/02/201423/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Schumann: Christian Zacharias, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Pablo Heras Casado (conductor), Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, 7.2.2013 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger
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