Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason — Zurich, 2018-12-11

Blog post #457 — Concert review, ★★★½, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-12-11 — Boccherini: Cello Sonata No.4 in A major, G.4; Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143; Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L.135; Brahms: Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99
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Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre — Geneva, 2018-12-13

Concert review, ★★★★½, Marc Minkowski / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Ana Maria Labin, Ambroisine Bré, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Norman D. Patzke @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2018-12-13 — Mozart: Arrangement of Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, K.592; Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K.427
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Berlin Piano Trio — Brugg, 2018-12-01

Concert review, Berlin Piano Trio @ Zimmermannhaus, Brugg, 2018-12-01 — Rihm: “Fremde Szene II” for Piano Trio (1982 – 1984); Schumann: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.63; Weinberg: Piano Trio in A minor, op.24

Claire Huangci, Howard Griffiths — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-12-02

Concert review, Claire Huangci, Howard Griffiths / Camerata Schweiz @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-12-02, MS Charity Concert — Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D major, op.61a, after the Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob. I/104 (“London” / “Salomon”)

Helgath, Sing-Akademie, La Scintilla — Zurich, 2018-12-07

Concert review, Florian Helgath, Orchestra La Scintilla, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Malin Hartelius, Christina Daletska, Benjamin Bruns, Ludwig Mittelhammer @ Kirche St.Jakob, Zurich, 2018-12-07 — Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Cantatas 1 – 3; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat (1989); Praetorius / Jan Sandström: “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” (1990)

Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar/Hungarian National Philharmonic—Lucerne, 2018-11-28

Concert review, Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar, Hungarian National Philharmonic @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-11-28 — Veress: Threnos in memoriam Béla Bartók (1945); Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Liszt: A Faust Symphony in three character pictures, S.108; pre-concert / Lied recital with Alexandre Beuchat / Marija Bokor (Liszt, Schubert, Wagner)