Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung at Lincoln Center

By Lydia Brown, 17 December 2013

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Walter Reade Theater, New York City on 15 December 2013

Stravinsky, Petrushka

Piazzolla, Tangos (arr. Bax and Chung)

Alessio Bax, Piano

Lucille Chung, Piano

Sweeping Rachmaninov and scorching Barber from the BBC Scottish

Simon Thompson, 8th February

Despite the presence of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto on the bill, it is a gripping performance of Samuel Barber's First Symphony that steals this Usher Hall Sunday matinee.

****1

Triplet of trios sets the tone for Seattle's summer of chamber music

Thomas May, 3rd July

James Ehnes and colleagues launch the 2023 edition of Seattle Chamber Music Society's month-long summer festival on an exhilarating note with trios by Dohnányi, Bartók and Ravel.

****1

Under the spell of Clara Schumann: two belated NY Phil debuts

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th October

A trio of Romantic works are performed under the baton of Giancarlo Guerrero, making his Philharmonic debut alongside pianist Alessio Bax.

***11

Rare Respighi shines in Seattle Chamber Music Society online stream

Erica Miner, 20th July

After solo Bach, Alessio Bax joins string players for the Italian's Brahmsian Piano Quintet in F minor.

****1

Rossini, Mendelssohn and Barber with the Kansas City Symphony

Hilary Stroh, 8th March

An energetic performance from the Kansas City Symphony with Alessio Bax and David Lockington.

****1

To sleep perchance to dream? Sir Andrew Davis leads the BSO

Kevin Wells, 10th January

John Harbison's Second Symphony takes the listener from Dawn to Darkness, while Vaughan Williams' Fifth offers “the similitude of a dream” in Boston.

****1

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Lydia Brown

Lydia Brown is presently pursuing her B.A. at New York University, where she studies journalism and ethnomusicology. Though she trained for many years as a classical violinist, Lydia's interests include cross-cultural musical hybridity and the effects of miscegenation on the musical output of early Irish-Americans.

Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung in piano duet arrangements at Lincoln Center