Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra — Lucerne, 2019-01-09

Blog post #460 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra, Irina Churilova, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Roman Burdenko, Mikhail Petrenko, Evgeny Nikitin @ Lucerne, KKL, 2019-01-09 — Tchaikovsky: Opera “Iolanta”, op.69 (excerpts); Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64
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Byron Wei-Xin Zhou — Piano Recital, Geneva, 2019-01-04

Concert review, ★★★½, Piano Recital Byron Wei-Xin Zhou @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2019-01-04 — Tong Sang (1923 – 2012): Fair Maiden from Afar (1943); Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.4 in E♭ major, op.7; Scriabin: 8 Études, op.42: No.4 (F♯ major) & No.5 (C♯ minor); Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36
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Claire Huangci, Howard Griffiths — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-12-02

Concert review, Claire Huangci, Howard Griffiths / Camerata Schweiz @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-12-02, MS Charity Concert — Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D major, op.61a, after the Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob. I/104 (“London” / “Salomon”)

Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar/Hungarian National Philharmonic—Lucerne, 2018-11-28

Concert review, Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar, Hungarian National Philharmonic @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-11-28 — Veress: Threnos in memoriam Béla Bartók (1945); Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Liszt: A Faust Symphony in three character pictures, S.108; pre-concert / Lied recital with Alexandre Beuchat / Marija Bokor (Liszt, Schubert, Wagner)

Pinchas Zukerman, Lahav Shani / Rotterdam Philharmonic — Zurich, 2018-10-25

Concert review, Pinchas Zukerman, Lahav Shani / Rotterdam Philharmonic — Zurich, 2018-10-25 — Bloch: “Hiver – Printemps”, deux poèmes pour orchestre; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98; pre-concert: Anton Mecht Spronk and Petya Mihneva playing the Cello Sonata in C major by Prokofiev