Splendid playing marks ChamberFest Cleveland recital

By Timothy Robson, 24 June 2014

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Reviewed at Dunham Tavern Museum, Cleveland on 22 June 2014

Mozart, Quartet in F major for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello, K370 (K368b)

Penderecki, Quartet for clarinet and string trio

Schubert, String Quartet no. 15 in G major, D.887

Julie Albers, Cello

David Bowlin, Violin

Gabriel Cabezas, Cello

Franklin Cohen, Clarinet

Alex Klein, Oboe

Yura Lee, Violin

Dmitri Murrath, Viola

Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violin

Pulsating energy as Gabriella Smith’s Lost Coast receives UK premiere

Rohan Shotton, 11th October

Gemma New conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a lean account of Sibelius' Second Symphony to close a bracing concert under the title ‘Lost Coast’.

****1

Tan Dun's Ghost Opera at Cleveland ChamberFest

Timothy Robson, 28th June

The penultimate concert for the 2014 season featured new choreography for Tan's ritualistic work, as well as a brilliant performances of percussion works and Shostakovich's second Piano Trio.

****1

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Denève

John Dorhauer, 10th December

There were high peaks and low valleys in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's performance of Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique, Shostakovich's Cello Concert no. 1, and Weber's Ruler of the Spirits overture, with conductor Stéphane Denève.

***11

A ChamberFest Cleveland premiere offers a powerful lament

Frank Kuznik, 20th June

Contemporary programming at this year's festival brings a sensitive social issue close to home, culminating in Judith Markovich's “Oh, my son…”

***11

Hungarian flair at ChamberFest Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 25th June

ChamberFest Cleveland’s Hungarian evening traversed works of Liszt, Eötvös, and Dohnányi, alongside Brahms’ apt Hungarian Dances.

****1

Jazz and folk influences explored in Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 27th June

Ravel and Bartók shared the program with Gershwin, Brubeck, Thelonious Monk and others in this imaginative program.

****1

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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.