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Reviewed at UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley on 3 October 2013
Campion, Ossicles (Tiny Bones) (World premiere co-commission with Cal Performances)
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18
Berkeley Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Alessio Bax, Piano
The Shining: powerful psychodrama from Lyric Opera of Kansas City
*****
A final hurrah for Tasmin Little in Singapore
****1
Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music
*****
Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish
****1
Triplet of trios sets the tone for Seattle's summer of chamber music
****1
Under the spell of Clara Schumann: two belated NY Phil debuts
***11
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