Leonidas Kavakos, Chamber Orchestra of Europe — Zurich, 2019-04-09

Blog post #483 — Concert review, ★★★★, Leonidas Kavakos, Chamber Orchestra of Europe @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-04-09 (Migros Kulturprozent) — Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216; Othmar Schoeck: Summernight for String Orchestra, op.58; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica” — Pre-concert: Paul Handschke, cello & Mathias Clausen, piano: R.Strauss: cello sonata in F major, op.6, TrV 115
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Quatuor Akilone — Konsi Bern, 2019-04-01

Blog post #482 — Concert review, ★★★½, Quatuor Akilone (Emeline Concé, Elise de Bendelac, Louise Desjardins, Lucie Mercat) @ Konservatorium, Bern, 2019-04-01 — Mozart: String Quartet No.2 in D major, K.155 (134a); Mozart: String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465, “Dissonances”; Brahms: String Quartet No.1 in C minor, op.51/1; Encore: Dvořák: No.9 from “Cypresses” (Cypřiše) for String Quartet, B.152
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Olga Kern — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2019-03-27

Blog post #481 — Concert review, ★★★★, Olga Kern @ Aula, University Zurich, 2019-03-27 — Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux (sel.); Préludes (sel.); Moment Musical op.16/4, Barcarolle op.10/3, Polichinelle op.3/5; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Wild/Gershwin: “Fascinating Rhythm”; Scriabin: Études, op.8 (4 & 5); Balakirev: Islamey; Encores by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov
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Joachim Krause, Basler Bach-Chor, Basel Sinfonietta — Basel, 2019-03-24

Blog post #480 — Concert review, ★★★★, Joachim Krause, Basel Sinfonietta, Basler Bach-Chor, Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Sofia Pavone, Dino Lüthy, Örs Kisfaludy @ Martinskirche, Basel, 2019-03-24 — Arthur Honegger (1892 – 1955): Symphonic Psalm “Le Roi David”, H.37 (1921/1923)
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Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo / RSPO — Lucerne, 2019-03-22

Blog post #479 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Martin Fröst, Sakari Oramo, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-03-22 (Migros Kulturprozent Classics) — Liebermann: “Furioso” for big orchestra (1947); Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622; Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major, “The Titan”; pre-concert: Marie Lys, soprano & Céline Latour Monnier, piano — Lieder by Grieg, Mozart, Schumann
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Quatuor Modigliani — Lugano, 2019-03-17

Blog post #478 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Quatuor Modigliani (Amaury Coeytaux, Loïc Rio, Laurent Marfaing, François Kieffer) @ LAC / Teatrostudio, Lugano, 2019-03-17 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Kaija Saariaho (1952 – 2023): “Terra memoria”, for String Quartet (2007); Brahms: String Quartet No.2 in A minor, op.51/2
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