United States Schubert and Dvořák: Borromeo String Quartet, Kim Kashkashian (viola), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 14.12.2014 (BJ)
Philadelphia
A “Denkvoll” Recital with an Unconventional Essay
United States Haydn, Janáček, Schubert, Mozart, and Beethoven (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.12.2014 (BJ)
An Inexhaustible Source of Superb Quartets
United States Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Brahms: Dover Quartet, Roberto Diaz (viola), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 9.12.2014 (BJ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra Makes Amends to Brahms
United States Brahms, Haydn, and Strauss: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 6.12.2014 (BJ)
Curtis Chamber Orchestra Combines Pleasure with Instruction
United States Copland, Bernstein, Mahler, and Stravinsky: Bella Hristova (violin), Curtis Chamber Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero and Edward Poll (conductors), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 5.12.2014 (BJ)
Dazzling Work from a Young Chinese-American Pianist (No, Not That One)
United States Haydn, Brahms, and Prokofiev: Di Wu (piano), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 3.12.2014 (BJ)
Playing Better Suited to Stravinsky than to Brahms
United States Respighi, Stravinsky, and Brahms: Juliette Kang (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.11.2014 (BJ)
More Memorable Mendelssohn, from the Johannes Quartet
United States Mendelssohn, Bartók, and Dvořák: Johannes Quartet, Harold Robinson (double bass), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 20.11.2014 (BJ)