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A Superb Production of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin

24/02/201820/02/2018 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Benjamin, Written on Skin: Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 18.2.2018. (RP)

Lauren Snouffer & Anthony Roth Costanzo in Written on Skin
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Musical Talents Widely Scattered Across the Generations

24/02/201820/02/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Mahler: Menahem Pressler (piano), Janai Brugger (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.2.2018. (BJ)

Menahem Pressler

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Concertgoers Welcome Eschenbach’s Return with Unmistakable Warmth

18/02/201809/02/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Weber, Schumann, Beethoven: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 3.2.2018. (BJ)

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A Master-Class in Poetic Nuance from Seemingly Modest Songs

14/02/201807/02/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Canteloube, Dvořák, Falla, Barber, Bernstein, Dove: Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Cano (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 31.1.2018. (BJ)

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Haydn Makes an Unlikely Star in a Salute to the British Isles

06/02/201802/02/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 26.1.2018 (BJ)

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A Young String Quartet of the Utmost Mastery

03/02/201829/01/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Haydn, Webern, Brahms:  Roberto Díaz (viola), Peter Wiley (cello), Zorá String Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 21.1.2018. (BJ)

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Mendelssohn’s Greatest Symphony Crowns a Varied British Isles Salute

03/02/201824/01/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Maxwell Davies, Bruch, Mendelssohn: Juliette Kang (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 19.1.2018. (BJ)

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Solzhenitsyn’s Schubert Still Compelling Two Decades Later

30/01/201822/01/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Shostakovich, Schubert: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 12.1.2018. (BJ)

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