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Bruckner Orchester Linz presents an eclectic, crowd-pleasing program in Chicago

By Sam Jacobson, 07 February 2017
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“Achrainer’s powerful voice and razor-sharp diction penetrated the meaning of the often stark poetry”
Reviewed at Harris Theater, Millennium Park, Chicago on 3 February 2017
Programme
Gershwin, Porgy and Bess: Suite
Zemlinsky, Symphonic songs, Op.20
Ellington, Black, Brown and Beige (Suite)
Glass, Ifé, Three Yorùbá Songs
Performers
Bruckner Orchester Linz
Angélique Kidjo, Vocals
Martin Achrainer, Bass-baritone
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
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Sam Jacobson
Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.