Eavesdropping on Augustin Hadelich playing Bartók

Por Sydney Boyd, 27 marzo 2015

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Crítica hecha desde Jones Hall, Houston el 26 marzo 2015

Mendelssohn, Obertura "Sueño de una noche de verano", Op.21

Bartók, Concierto para violín núm. 2, Sz 112

Paganini, Caprice no. 5 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.5

Mozart, Sinfonía núm. 39 en mi bemol mayor, K543

Gilbert Varga, Dirección

Augustin Hadelich, Violín

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Sydney Boyd

Sydney Boyd is an arts writer, scholar, and violinist. She has been a music critic in Houston since 2012 and is the blog author of Girl at the Opera. She has a Ph.D. in English literature from Rice University, where she currently holds a post-doctoral Spatial Studies fellowship in the Humanities Research Center.

Move aside Mozart: Eavesdropping on Augustin Hadelich playing Bartók