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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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Anxiety, Doubt and Terror in Honeck’s Bruckner

31/03/201430/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Vivier, Bruckner: New York Philharmonic, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 29.3.2014 (DA)

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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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Tokyo Philharmonic Marks 100th Anniversary

31/03/201426/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mayuzumi, Koyama, Stravinsky: 100th Anniversary World Tour, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eiji Oue (conductor), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, 11.3.2014 (DS)

Tokyo Philharmonic at Alice Tully Hall_11 March 2014_2280_Credit Mayumi Nashida
Tokyo Philharmonic at Alice Tully Hall, 11 March 2014. Credit: Mayumi Nashida

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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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With a Director’s Instincts, Goerne and Eschenbach Tackle Schubert

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Schubert: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 5.3.2014 (DS)

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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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