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Poetry and precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Seong-Jin Cho
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“Cho’s dramatic performance brilliantly conveyed these varied episodes and mood shifts”
Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 12 April 2026
Bach, Partita no. 1 in B flat major, BWV825
Schoenberg, Suite, Op.25
Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival of Vienna), Op.26
Chopin, Waltz no. 14 in E minor, Op. posth
Chopin, Waltz in F major "Grande Valse Brillante", Op.34 no.3
Chopin, Waltz no. 6 in D flat major "Minute Waltz", Op.64 no.1
Chopin, Waltz no. 9 in A flat major "L'Adieu", Op.69 no.1
Chopin, Waltz no. 7 in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2
Chopin, Waltz no. 11 in G flat major, Op.70 no.1
Chopin, Waltz no. 10 in B minor, Op.69 no.2
Chopin, Waltz in A Minor "Grande Valse Brillante", Op.34 no.2
Chopin, Waltz no. 8 in A flat major, Op.64 no.3
Chopin, Waltz no. 12 in F minor, Op.70 no.2
Chopin, Waltz no. 13 in D flat major, Op.70 no.3
Chopin, Waltz no. 5 in A flat major, Op.42
Chopin, Waltz in A flat major "Valse Brillante", Op.34 no.1
Chopin, Waltz no. 1 in E flat major "Grande Valse Brillante", Op.18
Seong-Jin Cho, Piano
Borodin steps into the symphonic limelight: Noseda and the LSO
****1
Seong-Jin Cho collaborates on double-handed LSO St Luke’s programme
****1
Seong-Jin Cho in Seattle: a flair for freedom at the keyboard
****1
Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony make a strong Shostakovich statement
*****
Maxime Pascal shows his mettle in Boulez and three world premieres
****1
A slow start for the Czech Philharmonic
***11
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