Joyce Yang plays Bach, Debussy, Liebermann, Schubert, and Schumann

By Bachtrack reviewer, 19 January 2012

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Reviewed at Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth on 17 January 2012

Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Debussy, Estampes

Liebermann, 4 Gargoyles, Op.29

Schubert, Impromptu no. 3 in G flat major, D.899

Schumann, Fantasiestücke, Op.12

Joyce Yang, Piano

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Phillip Nones, 13th October

JoAnn Falletta demonstrates her customary excellence in colorful orchestral works by Ibert and Respighi, while Joyce Yang hits the mark in capturing the jazz-classical fusion in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto.

****1

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Thomas May, 17th July

The second week of the Seattle Chamber Music Society's 2015 Summer Festival offered up an unusual juxtaposition of instrumental and vocal pieces, with a beautifully somber mood prevailing.

****1

Fate and festivals with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Oliver Brett, 15th March

Fate and Festivals was the rather bold title given to the latest Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert at Sydney Opera House in an evening which provided a great showcase for the full orchestra, demonstrating their great virtuosity, versatility and sensitivity as an ensemble.

****1

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Bachtrack reviewer, 8th December

The Dallas-area series Chamber Music International presented its second program of the season this Friday and Saturday evening. (This review is of the second concert, at St Barnabas Presbyterian Church in Richardson, Texas.

***11

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Leighton Jones, 16th April

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****1

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

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Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

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