Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky, Enescu and Hailstork

Por Phillip Nones, 18 febrero 2022

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“The Scherzo ... was the most tightly controlled performance of this movement I’ve ever heard”

Crítica hecha desde Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo el 18 febrero 2022

Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A major, Op.11

Hailstork, Piano Concerto

Chaikovskiï, Sinfonía núm. 4 en fa menor, Op.36

Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nimrod

Stewart Goodyear, Piano

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

JoAnn Falletta, Dirección

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.

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