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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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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Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling / Kammerorchester Basel — Bern, 2020-01-22

Concert review, ★★★½, Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling, Kammerorchester Basel @ Casino, Bern, 2020-01-22 — Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra (“Basle Concerto”); Rihm: Concerto in G (World Premiere); Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56, “Scottish”
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Orozco-Estrada / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kahánek — Bregenz, 2018-07-23

Concert review, Ivo Kahánek, Mojca Bitenc, Dariusz Perczak, Andrés Orozco-Estrada / Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir @ Festspielhaus Bregenz, 2018-07-23 — Bohuslav Martinů: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani, H.271; Antonín Dvořák: Te Deum, op.103, B.176; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95, B.178, “From the New World”

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”

Festival Academy Budapest 2017, Day 1 — 2017-06-10

Review, Opening concert, Festival Academy Budapest, Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest — 2017-06-10: Szabó: Bell Games; Kodály: Choral music; Strauss: Metamorphosen (for 7 string instruments); Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, op.91; Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat (A Soldier’s Tale)