Cross Chamber Orchestra: Feat of Vitality

By Percy Dorian Lee, 21 August 2014

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Reviewed at Industrial Bank of Korea Chamber Hall, Seoul on 9 August 2014

Holst, St Paul's Suite, Op.29 no.2

Bartók, Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 12 in A major, K414 (K385p)

Bach, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)

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Christopher Woodley, 19th May

Fragments by Brahms, Schoenberg and Schubert orbit Beethoven's Waldstein and Schumann's Carnaval in another masterful recital from Sir Stephen Hough.

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Spellbinding Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Vienna’s Musikverein

Chanda VanderHart, 18th May

In Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, Yulianna Avdeeva commands attention through sheer innate charisma, anchored in intense engagement.

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Lucas and Arthur Jussen make more than a guest appearance in a dazzling performance with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

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Edward Gardner makes a distinctive debut at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 17th May

Edward Gardner’s Pittsburgh Symphony debut brings freshness and intensity to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, alongside a sparkling tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas.

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Ensemble 360 illuminates the gathering darkness in Sheffield

Phil Parker, 17th May

Nightfall in Sheffield General Cemetery provides the perfect atmospheric backdrop for Ensemble 360’s exploration of chamber music by Mozart, Weber and Korngold.

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Brighton Philharmonic play their socks off at the Brighton Festival

Nick Boston, 17th May

Joanna MacGregor and the BPO pull off an excellent performance of Shostakovich's Tenth, alongside William Kentridge's evocative film, Oh to Believe in Another World.

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Percy Dorian Lee

Hailed as “the most charming…artist…with personality,” Percy Dorian Lee has been an active musician worldwide, having been the First Prize winner of a number of competitions for piano and performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Salle Cortot in Paris and Bishopsgate Hall in London. His compositions have been heard to an acclaim in such venues as the Kennedy Center and Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall. He holds degrees and diplomas from The Juilliard School and Yale University, and he has been on the jury of national and international music competitions as well as on the faculty of a well-known university in Korea.