Jeffrey Kahane and LA Chamber Orchestra: Celebrating 15 years together

By Ted Ayala, 11 March 2012

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Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 7 March 2012

Bach, French Suite no. 5 in G major, BWV816

Kahane, Django: Tiny Variations on a Big Dog

Chopin, Mazurkas (a selection of three)

Chopin, Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60

Chopin, Polonaise no. 7 in A flat major "Polonaise-fantaisie", Op.61

Brahms, Piano Trio no. 1 in B major, Op.8

Jeffrey Kahane, Piano

Margaret Batjer, Violin

Andrew Shulman, Cello

Jeffrey Kahane et l'Orchestre de Mulhouse, du style classique à Shaw

Jean Landras, 16th November

À la Filature, le pianiste et chef d'orchestre fait belle impression, aux commandes de la Symphonie n° 5 de Sibelius comme dans le Concerto n° 4 de Beethoven. Très belle pièce de Caroline Shaw.

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Brahms unleashed in South Pasadena

Laurence Vittes, 12th July

After tumbling deliriously to the end, if they had played one of Brahms' Hungarian Dances as an encore, they would have had them the audience dancing in the aisles.

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Redemption and musical caffeine: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8 in Vienna

Mark Pullinger, 10th May

Sunday morning Mahler at the Wiener Konzerthaus sees Andris Nelsons concluding his symphony cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic in shattering fashion.

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Alexander Malofeev conjures sophistication at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 10th May

Sitting low on the piano stool and with his head gently bobbing from side to side, this is music to listen to on repeat.

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Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

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Billy Childs' Saxophone Concerto sings a song of America

Eleanor Knight, 8th May

Billy Childs Diaspora receives its UK premiere at the Barbican, performed by saxophonist Steven Banks.

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Ted Ayala

Ted Ayala is a writer and musicologist born and raised in Los Angeles. Aside from classical music he loves literature (especially from Latin America and Japan), learning languages, reading about history, video games from the 1980s-1990s, and cats. You can follow his blog here.