Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Diary 2015-10-26)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) played by Ilse von Alpenheim, in her complete recording from 1980 — there’s more to this than mere encores! Also included are two interesting sets of variations (opp.82 & 83), and the Andante cantabile e presto agitato in B major

Stephen Kovacevich — Piano Recital, Baden/CH, 2015-09-18

Piano recital by Stephen Kovacevich in Baden / Switzerland, 2015-09-18, featuring Alban Berg’s Piano Sonata in B minor, op.1, and Franz Schubert’s last two Piano Sonatas, the Sonata in A major (D.959), and the Sonata in B♭ major (D.960)

Bach & Mendelssohn — Zurich, 2015-09-06

Concert matinée at the Tonhalle Zurich, featuring Bach (excerpts from “The Art of the Fugue”, BWV 1080) and his re-discoverer, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (String Quintet No.1 in A major, op.18), with members of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Jordan, Znaider, & Park — Zurich, 2015-09-04

Review of a concert at the Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-09-04, offered by the Orpheum Foundation for the Support of Young Musicians, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary: Philippe Jordan, Nikolaj Znaider, Kyoungmin Park, and the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra playing • Webern, Variations for Orchestra op.30 • Mozart, Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E♭ major, K.364 • Beethoven, Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Julia Fischer & Oliver Schnyder — Zurich, 2015-04-21

Review of a concert at the Zurich Tonhalle, on 2015-04-21, with Julia Fischer, Oliver Schnyder, and the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, featuring Joseph Haydn’s Violin Concerto in G, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in d, and Arnold Schönberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” (Transfigured Night) op.4 — a very enjoyable concert experience, indeed!