AKMI Duo (Valentine Michaud, Akvilė Šileikaitė) — Lucerne, 2023-11-19

Concert review, ★★★★½, AKMI Duo (Valentine Michaud, Akvilė Šileikaitė) @ Der MaiHof, Lucerne, 2023-11-19 — Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano No.1 in F major, op.11/4; Gershwin: Three Préludes; Schulhoff: Hot Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1930); Kovács: Sholem-Alekhem, Rov Feidman!; Albright: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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René Jacobs, Kammerorchester Basel, ZSA — Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-12-20

Concert review, ★★★★, René Jacobs, Sunhae Im, Coline Dutilleul, Carlo Vistoli, Fabian Strotmann, Yannick Debus, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2022-12-20 — D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757): “Salve Regina” in A major; J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): Cantata BWV 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”; J.S. Bach: “Magnificat” in D major, BWV 243
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Peter Rundel / Basel Sinfonietta — Musical Theater Basel, 2020-02-02

Concert review, ★★★★½, Peter Rundel / Basel Sinfonietta @ Musical Theater Basel, 2020-02-02 — Heinz Holliger: Two Liszt Transcriptions (1986), (S)irató (1992); Klaus Huber: Tenebrae (1966/1967); Steffen Wick: Autobiography (2017, Swiss premiere);
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Frang, Pinnock, Kammerorchester Basel — Zürich, 2017-10-30

Concert review: Vilde Frang, Trevor Pinnock / Kammerorchester Basel @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-10-30 — Max Reger (1873 – 1916): Aria “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross” for string orchestra, after J.S. Bach’s choral prelude, BWV 622; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Matthias Arter (*1964): Aquarell about J.S. Bach’s “Ricercar a 6”; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): Symphony No.5 in D major/D minor, op.107, “Reformation”