United States Drozdov, Haydn, and Shostakovich: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Aizuri Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 18.5.2016. (BJ)
Philadelphia
Young Singers Offer Lovesong Waltzes and Other Treats
United Kingdom Purcell, Schumann, Britten, Liszt, Schubert, Grieg, Obradors, and Brahms: Hyesang Park (soprano), Sara Couden (contralto), Miles Mykkanen (tenor), Yunpeng Wang (baritone) Cecile Licad and Ken Noda (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 17.5.2016. (BJ)
Three Novelties, One of Them a Palpable Hit
United States Di Vittorio, Mendelssohn, Brossé, DiBeradino, and Mozart: Lana Trotovsek (violin) Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 16.5.2016. (BJ)
Hope Springs Eternal with Lang Lang—Imperfect Pleasures with Mahler
United States Rachmaninoff and Mahler/Cooke: Lang Lang (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 14.5.2016 (BJ)
For Something Old and Something New, a Happy Hunting Ground
United States Mozart, Elgar, Jalbert, and Britten: East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.5.2016. (BJ)
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Elgar: Serenade in E minor for String Orchestra, Op. 20
Jalbert: String Theory (commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society through support from the William Penn Foundation–world premiere)
Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 (arr. ECCO)
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United States Beethoven, Krzywicki, and Brahms: Clarosa Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 15.5.2016 (BJ)
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Krzywicki: Quartet for Piano and Strings (commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society–world premiere)
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Illuminating Psychological Perceptions from Imogen Cooper
United States Schumann, Liszt, and Wagner: Imogen Cooper (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.5.2016. (BJ)
Stéphane Denève Recognizes the Sheer Musicality of John Williams
United States Williams, Debussy, and Musorgsky/Stokowski: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 1.5.2016 (BJ)
Curtis’s Figaro a Mixed Bag Dramatically but an Almost Unmixed Triumph Musically
United States Mozart Le nozze di Figaro: Curtis Opera Theatre, soloists, Karina Canellakis (conductor), Jordan Fein (director), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.5.2016 (BJ)