All just my personal opinion
A Facebook friend just pointed me to an ongoing discussion about applause in concerts. It was interesting reading — sort of (see below), but because in general I hate the level of these discussions, I thought I’d just write my opinion in my little corner, a.k.a. my music blog…
Concert review, ★★★★½, Claire Huangci @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2023-02-24 (Klavierissimo Festival 2023 / Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland) — Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major, D.959; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Rachmaninoff: Prélude in C♯ minor, op.3/2 (encore)
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Concert review, ★★★★, Can Çakmur @ Druckerei Baden (Piano District), Baden AG, 2022-11-19 — Mozart: Sonata No.13 in B♭ major, K.333; Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.845; Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S.529/2; Mitropoulos: Passacaglia, Preludio e Fuga; Busoni: Transcription of Bach’s Chorale Prelude for Organ “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, BWV 639 / BV B 27/5
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Concert review, ★★★★, Claire Huangci @ Greifensee, 2020-09-11 — Bach: Toccata in D major, BWV 912; Bach / Busoni: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68, “Pastorale” (arr. Franz Liszt)
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Review, ★★★★, Claire Huangci, Piano Recital @ Rathauslaube, Schaffhausen, 2019-12-08 — Bach: Partita in B minor, BWV 831 (“French Overture”); Brahms: 16 Waltzes, op.39; Chopin: Boléro, op.19; Schumann: Papillons, op.2; Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1, Nos.1 – 5
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Piano recital Kit Armstrong — Baden/CH, 2016-02-26: Byrd, «Hugh Ashton’s Ground»; Sweelinck, «Mein junges Leben hat ein End’»; Bull, «Walsingham»; Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV 988