| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 4-Aug-2012 Blossom Music Center | Daniil Trifonov and the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom |
 It was sweltering at the Blossom Music Center, summer home of the Cleveland Orchestra, on Saturday evening, August 4. Normally an oasis of coolness, the temperatures were hovering in the high 80s (31°C) at the 8:00 concert time. Even the orchestra members dispensed with their usual white formal jackets and ties. But the heat did not prevent brilliant music-making, with James Gaffigan as the guest conductor.Read full review... | |
| 14-May-2011 Usher Hall | Mozart's send-off |
 An element of conflict inhabits the combination of an evening out and a requiem mass. This thought ran through my mind as I approached Edinburgh's Usher Hall, the sunny foreground of which was populated by happy-looking concert-goers greeting friends. I sensed eager anticipation in the auditorium and a Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) tweet suggests that I was not alone in this:“There's a real buzz in the hall tonight. The sun is shining outside and the hall is pretty full.” By the time James Gaffigan raised his baton, the hall was very full.
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