AKMI Duo (Valentine Michaud, Akvilė Šileikaitė) — Lucerne, 2023-11-19

Concert review, ★★★★½, AKMI Duo (Valentine Michaud, Akvilė Šileikaitė) @ Der MaiHof, Lucerne, 2023-11-19 — Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano No.1 in F major, op.11/4; Gershwin: Three Préludes; Schulhoff: Hot Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1930); Kovács: Sholem-Alekhem, Rov Feidman!; Albright: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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Schumann Chamber Music Summit with Isabelle Faust — Zurich, 2023-11-03

Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Works by Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, op.41/1; Piano Quartet in E♭ major, op.47; Piano Quintet in E♭ major, op.44; Johannes Brahms: II. Andante, un poco adagio from the Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 (encore)
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Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
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BlattWerk Quintett: Reed Arrangements — ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31

Concert review, ★★★★, BlattWerk Quintett @ Auditorium Maximum, ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in A minor, RCT 5; Ravel: “Ma Mère L’Oye”, M.60a; Albéniz: Suite “Iberia” — 2. El Puerto, 1. Evocación, 7. El Albaicín; Wranitzky: Ballet “Das Waldmädchen” — Parthia in F major, IPW 7; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70 — Allegretto (all works arranged for reed quintet)
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