Lev Sivkov — Cello Recital @ Zurich, 2020-01-21

Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov — Cello Recital @ Zurich, 2020-01-21 — Works for cello solo; Reger: Suite No.1; Berio: Les mots sont allés… — “recitativo” for Cello (1978); Britten: Suite No.2, op.80; Ibert: “Ghirlarzana” quasi adagio; Bach: Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009;
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Artemis Quartet — Lugano, 2019-03-15

Blog post #476 — Concert review, ★★★★, Artemis Quartet (Vineta Sareika, Anthea Kreston, Gregor Sigl, Eckart Runge) @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2019-03-15 — Barber: II. Molto adagio from String Quartet op.11 (a.k.a. Adagio for Strings, op.11a); Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C major, op.36; Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”
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Andsnes, Bringuier — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-05-16

Concert review, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lionel Bringuier / Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-05-16 — Honegger: Mouvement symphonique No.2, H.67, “Rugby”; Britten: Piano Concerto in D major, op.13; Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite “Schéhérazade”, op.35

Isserlis, Dausgaard / RPO — RFH London, 2018-04-04

Concert review: Steven Isserlis, Thomas Dausgaard / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @ Royal Festival Hall, London, 2018-04-04 — Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes”, op.33a; Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Sergei Rachmaninoff: 3 Symphonic Dances, op.45

Vilde Frang, Sakari Oramo, BBCSO — Zurich, 2018-03-24

Concert review, Vilde Frang, Sakari Oramo / BBC Symphony Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-03-24 — Anna Clyne (*1980): “This Midnight Hour” (2015); Britten: Violin Concerto, op.15; Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68, “Pastorale”

Altstaedt & Lonquich / Beethoven — Zurich, 2017-11-18

Concert review, Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-11-18 — Ludwig van Beethoven: The 5 Cello Sonatas, i.e., No.1 in F major op.5/1; No.2 in G minor op.5/2; No.3 in A major op.69; No.4 in C major op.102/1; No.5 in D major op.102/2