Probst, Sautereau, Zhao, Schnyder, Hope / ZKO — Zurich, 2024-03-19

Concert review, ★★★★, Orpheum Foundation — Young Soloists on Stage: Tassilo Probst, Jean Sautereau, Yilan Zhao, Oliver Schnyder, Daniel Hope / ZKO @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2024-03-19 — Mozart: String Quartet (Divertimento) in D major, K.136 (125a), “Salzburg Symphony No.1”; Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043; Bruch: Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra in E minor, op.88; Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E♭ major, K.365
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Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01

Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Alissa Margulis & Luís Magalhães — ETH Zurich, 2019-10-08

Concert review, ★★★, Alissa Margulis & Luís Magalhães @ Semper-Aula, ETH, Zurich, 2019-10-08 — Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque, op.12; R. Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ major, op.18, TrV 151; Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces in G minor, op.75, B.150; Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No.2 in D major, op.94bis
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CD — Trio Oreade: Mozart, Divertimento in E♭ major K.563

CD Review (★★★): Trio Oreade (Yukiko Ishibashi, violin; Ursula Sarnthein, viola; Christine Hu, cello)—Mozart, the works for String Trio: Divertimento for String Trio in E♭ major, K.563; and String Trio Movement in G major, K.562e / Anh.66 (Fragment).

Hope / ZKO: Mendelssohn, Bach, Weinberg, Beethoven — Zurich, 2016-09-27

Concert review, Season’s Opening with Daniel Hope & the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO) — Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Octet in E♭ major, op.20; Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Mieczysław Weinberg: Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, op.42; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 — comparing two non-HIP recordings with the following artists: Pinchas Zukerman / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1982), Vadim Repin / Yehuhi Menuhin / Wiener Kammerorchester (1998)