Klavierissimo 2023: Alexander Lonquich — Piano Recital, Wetzikon ZH, 2023-02-22

Concert review, ★★★★½, Alexander Lonquich @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2023-02-22 (Klavierissimo Festival 2023 / Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland) — CPE Bach: Free Fantasy in F♯ minor, Wq.67, H.300; Schumann: Arabesque in C major, op.18; Liszt: Bagatelle sans tonalité, S.216a; Schönberg: Klavierstück op.11/2; Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, 1ère Année, S.160 — 6.Vallée d’Obermann; Busoni: Adaptation of Klavierstück op.11/2 by Arnold Schönberg, BV B 97; Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze op.6; Chopin: Impromptu No.2 (encore)
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Gringolts Quartet — ZHdK, Zurich, 2020-02-24

Concert review, ★★★★½, Gringolts Quartet @ ZHdK Toni-Areal, Zurich, 2020-02-24 — Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet No.3, op.30 (1927); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.3 in E♭ minor, op.30 (1876)
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Martin Helmchen — Piano Recital, Baden, 2018-10-26

Concert review, Piano Recital Martin Helmchen @ Druckerei, Baden/CH, 2018-10-26 — Schumann: 8 Novelletten, op.21; Clara Schumann: Soirées musicales, op.6 (excerpts); Schönberg: 6 Little Pieces for Piano, op.19; Bach: Partita No.4 in D major, BWV 828 (Sarabande); Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l ́Enfant-Jésus (excerpt); Chopin: Waltz No.3 in A minor, op.34/2, B.64; Liszt: Bagatelle sans tonalité, S.216a; Liszt: “Nuages gris”, S.199

Pražák Quartet — LAC Lugano, 2018-04-21

Concert review, Pražák Quartet @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2018-04-21 — Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, WoO 6; Schönberg: String Quartet in D major; Smetana: String Quartet No.1 in E minor, “From My Life”

Trio Gaspard — Konservatorium Bern, 2018-01-22

Concert review, Trio Gaspard @ Konservatorium Bern, 2018-01-22 — Mozart: Piano Trio in C major, K.548; Kagel: Piano Trio No.2 (2001); Schubert: Notturno in E♭ major, op.148, D.897; Schönberg: “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night), op.4 (arr. Edward Steuermann, 1932)

Julia Fischer & Oliver Schnyder — Zurich, 2015-04-21

Review of a concert at the Zurich Tonhalle, on 2015-04-21, with Julia Fischer, Oliver Schnyder, and the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, featuring Joseph Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in d, and Arnold Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night) op.4 — a very enjoyable concert experience, indeed!