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Move aside Mozart: Eavesdropping on Augustin Hadelich playing Bartók

By Sydney Boyd, 27 March 2015
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Reviewed at Jones Hall, Houston on 26 March 2015
Programme
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op.21
Bartók, Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz 112
Paganini, Caprice no. 5 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.5
Mozart, Symphony no. 39 in E flat major, K543
Performers
Gilbert Varga, Conductor
Augustin Hadelich, Violin
Houston Symphony
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op.21Augustin HadelichBéla BartókCaprice no. 5 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.5Felix MendelssohnGilbert VargaHouston SymphonyNiccolò PaganiniSymphony no. 39 in E flat major, K543Violin Concerto no. 2, Sz 112Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Sydney Boyd
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.