All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
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Concert review, ★★★½, Werner Bärtschi @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2022-02-26 (Klavierissimo Festival 2022) — Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931): Piano Music for Young and Old, op.53; Othmar Schoeck (1886 – 1957): Two Piano Pieces, op.29; Nielsen: Piano Suite “The Luciferian”, op.45
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Concert review, ★★★★, Marc-André Hamelin @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2022-02-23 (Klavierissimo Festival 2022) — C.P.E. Bach: Suite in E minor, Wq 62/12, H.66; S. Prokofiev: Sarcasms, op.17; A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.7, op.64, “Messe blanche” (White Mass); L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106, “Hammerklaviersonate”
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Concert review, ★★★½, Timothy Chooi, Roman Borisov, Anna Nero, Howard Griffiths / Orpheum Supporters Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2021-10-26 (Young Soloists On Stage — Orpheum Foundation) — Edvard Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No.1, op.46; Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26; Richard Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto” for Piano and Orchestra; Manuel de Falla: “El amor brujo” (Excerpts)
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Anastasia Kobekina @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2021-04-25 — J.S. Bach: Cello Suites No.1 – 6, BWV 1007 – 1012; Vladimir Kobekin (*1947): Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools); Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula (*1991): In memoriam; L. Boccherini (1743 – 1805) / Giovanni Sollima (*1962): Fandango
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Concert review, ★★★★★, Kitgut Quartet @ St.Peter, Zurich, 2020-10-04 — The evolution of the string quartet from consort music by Blow, Purcell, Locke, up to Haydn’s Quartet in D major, op.71/2 — in a fascinating, truly historically informed performance
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