United States Brahms: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 13.3.2019. (BJ)
Garrick Ohlsson, in Philadelphia, Does Justice to Two Sides of Brahms
Philadelphia
From the Philadelphians, a Schubert Ninth that Stopped for No Man
United States Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert: Jan Lisiecki (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.3.2019. (BJ)
In Philadelphia, Beethoven’s Fourth Brings Out the Best in Stutzmann
United States Haydn, Beethoven: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 1.3.2019. (BJ)
Brownlee, Owens, and Terry Bring Profundity and Sheer Fun to Philadelphia
United States Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Gounod, Bizet, spirituals, American popular songs, gospel favorites: Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Craig Terry (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.2.2019. (BJ)
In Philadelphia, Total Mastery in Schubert from the Orion String Quartet
United States Schubert: Orion String Quartet, Peter Wiley (cello), Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 17.2.2019. (BJ)
Opera Philadelphia and Britten’s Dream: Magical Enough, If Not Inspired
United States Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opera Philadelphia / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10.2.2019. (BJ)
A Keenlyside Recital at Once Ravishing and Baffling
United States Schubert, Poulenc, Brahms, Ravel: Sir Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 7.12.2018. (BJ)
Three Years Later, Nézet-Séguin’s Retake of Messiah
United States Handel, Messiah: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Christophe Dumaux (countertenor), Jonas Hacker (tenor), Philippe Sly (bass-baritone), Westminster Symphonic Choir (director: Joe Miller), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 8.12.2018. (BJ)