United States Grieg, Beethoven, and Mozart: David Kim (leader), Imogen Cooper (piano and leader), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.2.2015 (BJ)
Philadelphia
For Once, A Less-Than-Stellar Evening at PCMS
United States Schubert, Kurtág, Dvořák, Brahms, and Beethoven: Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon (piano, piano duet), Michelle Ross (violin), Brook Speltz (cello), Sarah Shafer (soprano), Rebecca Ringle (mezzo-soprano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 12.2.2015 (BJ)
East Coast Premiere of Theodore Morrison’s Oscar
United States Morrison, Oscar: Soloists, Opera Philadelphia, Evan Rogister (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 8.2.2014 (BJ)
Matthew Polenzani: Not Your Ordinary, Run-of-the-Mill Tenor
United States Beethoven, Liszt, Satie, Ravel, and Barber: Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.2.2015 (BJ)
A String Quartet with a Light Touch
United States Bartók, Scandinavian folk music, and Nielsen: Danish Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.2.2015 (BJ)
The Great Classics Are the Hardest to Get Right
United States Beethoven and Shostakovich: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Kirill Gerstein (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 30.1.2015 (BJ)
A Young Pianist Heading for a Big Career
United States Haydn, Schumann, and Schubert: Kuok-Wai Lio (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)
In Mozartean Balance, Completeness Is All
United States Elgar, Mozart, and Holloway: Stephanie Gonley (violin), Ofer Falk (viola), English Chamber Orchestra, Mark Laycock (conductor), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 27.1.2015 (BJ)