BlattWerk Quintett: Reed Arrangements — ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31

Concert review, ★★★★, BlattWerk Quintett @ Auditorium Maximum, ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in A minor, RCT 5; Ravel: “Ma Mère L’Oye”, M.60a; Albéniz: Suite “Iberia” — 2. El Puerto, 1. Evocación, 7. El Albaicín; Wranitzky: Ballet “Das Waldmädchen” — Parthia in F major, IPW 7; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70 — Allegretto (all works arranged for reed quintet)
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Moser String Quartet — Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18

Concert review, ★★★★½, Moser String Quartet (Kanon Miyashita, Patricia Muro Francia, Ariadna Bataller Calatayud, Lea Galasso) @ Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Dieter Ammann (*1962): String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, op.7, Sz.40 / BB 52
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Danae Dörken — Piano Recital @ Lucerne, 2019-11-21

Concert review, ★★★, Danae Dörken @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-21 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — Debussy: “Images”, Book I; Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 / BB 68; Poulenc: 8 Nocturnes, FP 56; de Falla: Fire Dance from “El amor brujo”; Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58
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Piemontesi, Mena / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra — Lucerne, 2019-11-13

Concert review, ★★★★, Francesco Piemontesi, Juanjo Mena / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-11-13 — Haydn: Symphony No.88 in G major; Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S.125; Bartók: Divertimento, Sz.113 / BB 118; Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian folk song
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Deszö Ránki — Piano Recital, Wetzikon ZH, 2019-02-02

Blog post #468 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Piano Recital Deszö Ránki @ Wetzikon ZH, 2019-02-02 (Klavierissimo Festival 2019 / Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland) — Haydn: Piano Sonata No.55 in B♭ major, Hob.XVI/41; Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn, M.58; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Bartók: Vol.I from “For Children”, Sz.42, BB 53; Bartók: Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz.57, BB 67; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70; Haydn: Piano Sonata No.59 in E♭ major, Hob.XVI/49
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Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar/Hungarian National Philharmonic—Lucerne, 2018-11-28

Concert review, Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar, Hungarian National Philharmonic @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-11-28 — Veress: Threnos in memoriam Béla Bartók (1945); Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Liszt: A Faust Symphony in three character pictures, S.108; pre-concert / Lied recital with Alexandre Beuchat / Marija Bokor (Liszt, Schubert, Wagner)