Weiss and Wosner a commanding piano duo in Cleveland recital

By Sam Jacobson, 15 September 2019

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Reviewed at Reinberger Chamber Hall, Cleveland on 14 September 2019

Lang, Gravity

Schubert, Sonata in C major for 4 hands, "Grand Duo" D.812

Lang, After Gravity

Brahms, Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op.34b

Shai Wosner, Piano

Orion Weiss, Piano

Crowded Hours, Golden Hours: Augustin Hadelich at Tanglewood

Kevin Wells, 25th July

After urban Debussy and Adams, the duo settles for autumnal Brahms and a day in the countryside.

****1

Summer of Brahms Chamber Music Festival kicks off in South Pasadena

Laurence Vittes, 7th July

After the New Hollywood String Quartet's first violinist went down with a rotator cuff injury, 21-year old Colburn School student, violist Johanna Nowik, saved the day.

****1

Strong chamber performances win admiration in Seattle

Erica Miner, 3rd July

The Seattle Chamber Music Society presented an ambitious program with a distinguished ensemble of performers.

***11

Jazz and folk influences explored in Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 27th June

Ravel and Bartók shared the program with Gershwin, Brubeck, Thelonious Monk and others in this imaginative program.

****1

“Music for a Summer Evening” at ChamberFest Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 25th June

Works by Haydn, Johann Strauss (as reconceived by Alban Berg) and Britten filled out this concert in the midst of the fourth season of splendid chamber concerts featuring top-notch playing by local and guest musicians.

****1

Bravura and bonhomie in Chicago

Graham Emberton, 17th May

Yo-Yo Ma joined forces with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an afternoon of French chamber music

*****

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.