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Performer: Paul Jacobs

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The Planets with Daniele Rustioni and the Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra © Jeff Fusco
Gustav Holst's perennial audience favorite provides pure comfort food, paired here with Ravel and an organ rarity by Alfredo Casella.
****1
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Elim Chan dances her way through Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut

Elim Chan conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra © Todd Rosenberg Photography
The 37-year-old Hong Kong native brings her calling card, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, to colorful life during a conducting tour through the United States. 
****1
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Paul Jacobs channels Bach's fervor with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Nicholas McGegan © Laura Barisonzi
The organ virtuoso is the undisputed star of an otherwise shaky program of Baroque selections.
***11
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Artistry and showmanship from Jacobs and The Philadelphia Orchestra

The organ virtuoso offered a witty performance of Poulenc's concerto, while Yannick Nézet-Séguin revived a symphonic work by Louise Farrenc.
****1
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From solo flute to thunderous pipe organ in Cleveland

TCO principal flute Joshua Smith stood out in seminal works for solo flute by Debussy and Takemitsu. Organist Paul Jacobs was a capable soloist in Poulenc’s concerto, while Franz Welser-Möst led imaginatively orchestrated segments of Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives.
***11
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Edward Gardner impresses in Philadelphia debut

Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon a Castle, composed in 2003, is the highlight of Edward Gardner's Philadelphia Orchestra debut.  
*****
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