Splendid playing marks ChamberFest Cleveland recital

Par Timothy Robson, 24 juin 2014

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Critique faite à Dunham Tavern Museum, Cleveland, le 22 juin 2014

Mozart, Quatuor pour hautbois, violon, alto et violoncelle en fa majeur, K370 (K368b)

Penderecki, Quartet for clarinet and string trio

Schubert, Quatuor à cordes no. 15 en sol majeur, D.887

Julie Albers, Violoncelle

David Bowlin, Violon

Gabriel Cabezas, Violoncelle

Franklin Cohen, Clarinette

Alex Klein, Hautbois

Yura Lee, Violon

Dmitri Murrath, Alto

Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violon

Pulsating energy as Gabriella Smith’s Lost Coast receives UK premiere

Rohan Shotton, 11th October

Gemma New conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a lean account of Sibelius' Second Symphony to close a bracing concert under the title ‘Lost Coast’.

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Le Ghost Opera de Tan Dun au ChamberFest de Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 28th June

L'avant-dernier concert de la saison 2014 présente une chorégraphie du travail ritualiste de Tan, des interprétations brillantes d'oeuvres pour percussions, et le deuxième Trio pour piano de Chostakovitch.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Denève

John Dorhauer, 10th December

There were high peaks and low valleys in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's performance of Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, Shostakovich's Cello Concert no. 1, and Weber's Ruler of the Spirits overture, with conductor Stéphane Denève.

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A ChamberFest Cleveland premiere offers a powerful lament

Frank Kuznik, 20th June

Contemporary programming at this year's festival brings a sensitive social issue close to home, culminating in Judith Markovich's “Oh, my son…”

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Hungarian flair at ChamberFest Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 25th June

ChamberFest Cleveland’s Hungarian evening traversed works of Liszt, Eötvös, and Dohnányi, alongside Brahms’ apt Hungarian Dances.

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Jazz and folk influences explored in Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 27th June

Ravel and Bartók shared the program with Gershwin, Brubeck, Thelonious Monk and others in this imaginative program.

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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.