All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-06-18 — Mozart: Overture to “Die Zauberflöte”, K.620; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Encore — Bach: III. Largo, from Sonata No.3 for Violin solo in C major, BWV 1005; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Sebastian Bohren, Cristian Măcelaru, Romanian Chamber Orchestra @ Stadtkirche, Brugg, 2022-06-05 — Georges Enescu: Two Intermezzi, op.12; Frank Martin: Polyptyque, for violin and two small string orchestras (1973); Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, op.110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Simone Zgraggen, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-05-26 — Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993): “Kraft” (2022); Alsu Nigmatullina (*1989): “Alexithymie” (2022); Dieter Ammann (*1962): “Unbalanced instability” for violin and chamber orchestra (2013); “Core” (2002); “Turn” (2010); “Boost” (2002)
Pre-concert: Moser String Quartet performing Ammann’s String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas and Miguel Fernández de la Fuente performing Ammann’s “d’accord(s)” for two alto saxophones (2004)
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A public response to allegations by an anonymous reader who blamed me for flattering artists by suppressing negative comments in my concert critique(s)
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Concert review, ★★★, Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-05-12 (Musik an ETH und UZH / Musical Discovery) — Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude & Fugue No.22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891; Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511; Chopin: Barcarole op.60; 3 Mazurki, op.63; Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106 (“Hammerklavier”); Encore by Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817
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Concert review, ★★★★, Aris Quartett (Anna Katharina Wildermuth, Noémi Zipperling, Caspar Vinzens, Lukas Sieber) @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-05-15 (Neue Konzertreihe Zürich / Hochuli Konzert AG) — Haydn: String Quartet in B♭ major, op.76/4, “Sunrise”; Schubert: String Quartet No.15 in G major, D.887 (op.161). Encore by Dvořák: No.11 from “Cypresses” (Cypřiše) for String Quartet, B.152
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