Anna Vinnitskaya / Rafael Payare — Zurich, 2015-11-29
Concert review: Anna Vinnitskaya, Rafael Payare / Philharmonia Zurich — Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15; Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
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Concert review: Anna Vinnitskaya, Rafael Payare / Philharmonia Zurich — Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15; Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-10-17: Concert by the NWD Philharmonie under Yves Abel, featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 (with Alexei Volodin as soloist) and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No.1 in B? major, op.38
World premi?re of the Piano Sonata No.1, “The Queen”, presented by its author, the Swiss composer and pianist Julian Layn, along with highlights from his compositorial oeuvre: excerpts from piano concerto No.1, “Heavy Clouds Over Vast Wide Open”, from piano concerto No.2, “The Ecocalypse”, the piano piece “If You Believe”, and the Impromptu “The French Course”.
Chopin: Piano Concerto in E minor, op.11 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Argerich/Abbado (1967), Askenase/Otterloo (1960), Avdeeva/Wit (2010), Avdeeva/Brüggen (2012), Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1937), Rubinstein/Wallenstein (1953), Rubinstein/Skrowaczewski (1961)
Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, op.21 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Askenase/Ludwig (1963), Avdeeva/Brüggen (2012), Haskil/Markevich (1960), Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1931), Rubinstein/Steinberg (1946), Rubinstein/Wallenstein (1958), Rubinstein/Ormandy (1968)
On 2014-05-30, the final concert from the season 2013/2014 in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall was broadcast online. The concert featured Yulianna Avdeeva, the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Jacek Kasprzyk, and the tenor Thomas Warmijak. The program for the concert included…