Francesco D'Orazio plays a masterful recital in Cleveland

Par Timothy Robson, 12 décembre 2016

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“committed, technically brilliant and musically communicative”

Critique faite à Cleveland Museum of Art: Transformer Station, Cleveland, le 9 décembre 2016

Berio, Sequenza VIII, pour violon

Sciarrino, Caprice no. 1, Vivace

Sciarrino, Caprice no. 4: Volubile

Fedele, Suite Francese II

Sani, Raw

Chessa, Partita for solo violin: Sarabanda

Chessa, Partita for solo violin: Corrente

Cacioppo, Elegy

Dall'Ongaro, La Musica di E.Z.

Francesco D'Orazio, Violon

Electrifying Oedipus Rex at the Proms

Paul Kilbey, 7th August

An impressive performance of Oedipus Rex under Sakari Oramo, demonstrating that his rapport with his new orchestra has grown rapidly.

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Milano Musica presents music by Morton Feldman in an art gallery

James Imam, 2nd November

The contemporary music festival Milano Musica is this year dedicated to the works of Morton Feldman, a man who professed to be more influenced by contemporary art and Persian rugs than he was by other music. The concert took place in Gallerie d’Italia, a former bank now a contemporary art gallery, and pulled together pieces for violin and piano by Feldman and his American contemporaries.

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À Lyon, le triomphe de Thomas Guggeis aux mains d’argent

Tristan Labouret, 30th April

Le chef allemand délivre une véritable leçon de direction d'orchestre dans la Première Symphonie de Prokofiev et dans Petrouchka de Stravinsky, éclipsant les Variations rococo peu inspirées de Jeremias Fliedl.

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Frank Peter Zimmermann et le National ont Beethoven dans la peau

Pierre Michel, 30th April

Dans le Concerto pour violon de Beethoven, le violoniste allemand et la phalange parisienne ont montré leur belle complicité, avant une Première Symphonie de Brahms décevante sous la direction de Cristian Măcelaru.

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L’elfe Fujita et le paladin van Zweden conquièrent la Philharmonie

Pierre Michel, 29th April

Le pianiste japonais a livré une interprétation joueuse et virevoltante du Concerto pour piano n° 21 de Mozart, avant que le Philhar' ne s'attaque à une Septième Symphonie de Bruckner conquérante.

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Le Quatuor Belcea à Lyon, comme un hommage à Günter Pichler

Tristan Labouret, 28th April

Le lendemain de l'annonce du décès du célèbre ancien premier violon du Quatuor Alban Berg, ses quatre disciples et amis ont proposé une vraie leçon de musique de chambre.

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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.