United States Schnyder, Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (world premiere–co-commission and co-production with Gotham Chamber Opera): Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.6.2015 (BJ)
Philadelphia
Europe-Bound, Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra Give a Stunning Preview
United States Muhly, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninoff: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 15.5.2015 (BJ)
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates Fifty Years on Stage
United States Brossé, Beethoven, and Barber: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Alan Morrison (organ), Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Dirk Brossé (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.5.2015 (BJ)
Excellent Curtis “Rake” Leaves Doubts in Its Wake
United States Stravinsky: Soloists, Curtis Opera Theatre, Mark Russell Smith (conductor), Prince Theater, Philadelphia, 9.5.2014 (BJ)
Zest and Eloquence in Marlboro Musicians’ Mozart
United States Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart: Musicians from Marlboro: Mary Lynch (oboe), Wei-Ping Chou and Patrick Pridemore (horns), David McCarroll and Itamar Zorman (violins), Hélène Clément (viola), Peter Wiley (cello), Tony Flynt (double bass), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.5.2015 (BJ)
A Cathartic Schnittke from the Brentanos and Solzhenitsyn
United States Haydn, Schnittke, and Mendelssohn: Brentano String Quartet, Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 3.5.2015 (BJ)
Tempora Mutantur: Is Bernstein’s MASS the Same Piece Now?
Bernstein, MASS: Soloists, Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Temple University Concert Choir (Paul Rardin, director), Joe Miller (choral preparation), The American Boychoir (Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director), The Rock School for Dance Education (Bojan Spassoff (director), Temple University Diamond Marching Band (Matthew Brunner, director), student musicians from the School District of Philadelphia (Darren Lynch, musical preparation), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2015 (BJ)
A Shai Wosner Recital of the Profoundest Mastery
United States Schubert, Chopin, Haydn, Ligeti, and Beethoven: Shai Wosner (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1.5.2015 (BJ)