All just my personal opinion
Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-10-03: The Basel Sinfonietta, directed by Daníel Bjarnason, and Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) with the program “Epicycle 1”, featuring exclusively works of composers from Iceland, namely Jón Leifs, Þráinn Hjálmarsson, Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson, and Daníel Bjarnason
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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Concert review, ★★★★½, Moser String Quartet (Kanon Miyashita, Patricia Muro Francia, Ariadna Bataller Calatayud, Lea Galasso) @ Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Dieter Ammann (*1962): String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, op.7, Sz.40 / BB 52
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-09-10 — Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 (completed by Michael Ostrzyga); Ligeti: Lux aeterna (1966); Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried (1776 – 1841): Libera me; Mozart: Motet “Ave verum corpus”, K.618
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Concert review, ★★★★, Bomsori Kim & Thomas Hoppe @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-03-04 — Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24, “Spring Sonata”; Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, op.28; Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A major, op.13; Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra “Faust” de Gounod, op.20
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Concert review, ★★★★, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla Zürich, Jan Petryka, Milan Siljanov, Hannah Morrison, Anke Vondung, Konstantin Wolff @ KKL Lucerne, 2021-03-28 — Bach: St.Matthew Passion BWV 244 (recording performance for online streaming)
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