Abduraimov's grand “Emperor” at the Houston Symphony

By Sydney Boyd, 13 January 2017

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“Phrases turned out like crystalized pastoral scenes, floating, restful”

Reviewed at Jones Hall, Houston on 12 January 2017

Beethoven, Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat major "Emperor", Op.73

Strauss R., Don Juan, Op.20

Liszt, Les Préludes, symphonic poem no. 3, S 97

James Gaffigan, Conductor

Behzod Abduraimov, Piano

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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.