United States Various composers: Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.4,14.4 and 12.5.2019 (BJ)
In Philadelphia, Three Triumphant Weeks with Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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In Philadelphia, Szeps-Znaider and Denève Bring Treasurable Richness of Sound
United States Elgar, Tchaikovsky: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Stéphane Denève (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 4.5.2019. (BJ)
Curtis Opera Theatre Presents Powerful Vaughan Williams and Orth Double Bill
United States Vaughan Williams, Riders to the Sea; Orth, Empty the House: Soloists, Chorus, Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Daniela Candillari (conductor). The Curtis Opera Theatre, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 2.5.2019. (RP)
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Labadie’s Mozart in Philadelphia: Atypical Sonorities and Irresistible Eloquence
United States Mozart: Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Westminster Symphonic Choir (Joe Miller, director), Philadelphia Orchestra / Bernard Labadie (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.4.2019. (BJ)
Young Lovers Take Flight and Soar in Opera Philadelphia’s La bohème
United States Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera Philadelphia, Philadelphia Girls & Boys Choirs, Children’s Chorus / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Opera Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1.5.2019. (RP)
Compelling Brahmsian Insights from Solzhenitsyn and Altenberger
United States Brahms: Ignat Solzhenitsyn (piano), Korbinian Altenberger (violin), Rhoden Arts Center, PA Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 7.4.2019. (BJ)
From the Hagen Quartet in Philadelphia, a Webern Gem Outshines Two Other Masterpieces
United States Schubert, Webern, Beethoven: Hagen Quartet, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 29.3.2019. (BJ)
A Composer Portrait Combining Substance, Brilliance, and Sheer Fun
United States A Portrait of Augusta Read Thomas: Curtis Ensemble 20/21 / Don Liuzzi (conductor), David Ludwig (artistic director), Gould Rehearsal Hall, Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, 23.3.2019. (BJ)