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Hey everyone!
Figured I would ask this popular question, since it is always interesting to hear what people are listening to and attending!
I will start:
Technically the last concert I went to was the tonebase community concert! Was so awesome to hear and see all of the talented members of our community playing - can't wait for next month's Springtime Recital!
You can still sign up, via the forums!
But more recently I went to see the Sequoia Symphony perform a concert consisting of
Gala Flagello | Vitality
Price | Piano Concerto in One Movement
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3the pianist was Joshua Mhoon, conductor was Bruce Kiesling, and the concert was fantastic!
I haven't heard Beethoven's 3rd symphony in a while, so it was great to imagine how revolutionary it was for its time: the offbeats, syncopations, and dissonances!
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I recently saw Mikhail Voskresensky perform the most delightful solo piano concert. It was a wonderful program, and so inspiring to see someone who is nearly 90 years old performing virtuosic pieces with such heart and energy!
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Rachel Doornink Wow, that's inspiring!
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Just saw Yunchan Lim play Rach 2 last night with London Symphony Orchestra in Orange County, CA. Encore was Liszt Petrarch Sonnet 104. It was an amazing experience! It was a school night so I couldn’t stay for the second half- Mahler 1.
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Angela Hewitt at Melbourne Recital Centre playing Mozart, Bach, Handel Chaconne, Brahms Variations on a theme by Handel. So composed and gracious. She must have watched your workshop on trills Dominic
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Janet Horsford Love her playing. It's so exquisite.
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Lisa Spector totally agree Lisa. Love her Bach.
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Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges, l’Opéra de Montréal, 2 weeks ago.
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I just heard the Dover Quartet at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in Boston. An amazing program: Dvořak String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (“American”), Schumann String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, and Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11. Reviewers love describing them as sonorous and I have to agree. A rich, cohesive, and exciting sound in a fantastic, intimate setting.
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Eric my absolute favorite string quartet ensemble!!! Their recordings of the Beethoven string quartets are, in my opinion, absolutely peerless in their clarity, beauty, and musicality.
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Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle performed by the Houston Symphony Orchestra under conductor Juraj Valcuha. Baritone Gabor Bretz and Soprano Ekaterina Gubanova.
I had never heard this piece before. It was different. Dark.
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I went to hear my local Monterey Symphony last weekend in a spectacular concert that included Eternal Rhythm by Avner Dorman. Cynthia Yea, the principal percussionist with the Chicago Symphony, was a last minute sub and she was sensational! The program also included Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question and Brahms Symphony No. 1.
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Lisa Spector what an amazing program! Avner Dorman’s Second Piano Sonata has always been a major bucket list item for me to learn and play.
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Concert by Marietta Petkova, 24 jan. 2025 Zwolle, Netherlands.
- V. Stoyanov (1902-1969) / Nocturne
- W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) / Sonate Kv 332 F Major
- S. Rachmaninov (1873-1943) / Etude Tableaux op. 33 nr. 4 d minor
- C. Debussy (1862-1918) / Préludes and L'ile Joyeuse
Marietta Petkova was born in Bulgaria. She studied Piano in Vienna and Amsterdam.
She has a wonderful interaction with the public and plays the piano like a goddess!
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Yuja Wang and Vikingur Olaffson at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Fantastic two-piano program.
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I heard the Brentano Quartet play all of the Haydn Opus 33 string quartets at Carnegie Hall. A fantastic concert that made me want to hear more string quartet music.
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Yunchan Lim
Rach 2 Pittsburgh Symphony
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It's been too long since I've been to a concert (I have no excuse, living in NYC), but I have tickets to 3 in the upcoming week that I can't wait to see! One of them is a chamber music concert featuring harp & violin arrangements of piano masterpieces like Chopin's Ballade 1
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Judy Kuan That sounds really interesting!
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Libby Craig I tried to see if the ensemble has posted any prior performances of these arrangements on YouTube, but doesn't look like it. The concert is tonight (finally!) - here's the program in case you're curious what else they're playing: https://www.israelichamberproject.org/event-details/dance-and-tranquility-feb-28-2025-new-york-ny
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Nikolai Lugansky at the Kennedy Center a few weeks ago. Absolutely fantastic. Mendelssohn, Wagner for the main program with some Chopin and Rachmaninoff encores.
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A few weeks ago saw Seong-Jin Cho performing the complete piano works of Ravel. It was great! My 8 year old son joined me and single handedly brought down the average age of the audience at Boston Symphony Hall.
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Mike wow! I have not had the chance yet to attend any of his live performances of the Complete Ravel, but I recently got his 2-CD album of it and it’s phenomenal. Almost as good as Chamayou’s recording, and in some pieces even better.
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Alexander Weymann indeed! The performance was fantastic. CDs...I remember them.
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Last week Pittsburgh Symphony with Honeck and Maria Dueñas (violin): Simon, Saint-Saëns 3 and Dvorak 9.
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