| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2013 Cadogan Hall | From tragedy to pastoral scenes: RPO at Cadogan Hall |
 Brahms, Chopin, Beethoven: the programme of he Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's most recent Cadogan Hall concert, under the baton of Fabien Gabel, was unashamedly mainstream. The opening item of the programme was the Brahms Tragic Overture. The opening strident chords managed to be agitated yet pensive, interrupted silence hanging in the air as each note dissipated once more.Read full review... | |
| 23-Nov-2012 Severance Hall | Louis Lortie and Jaap van Zweden wow Cleveland Orchestra audience in Chopin and Rachmaninov |
 A large number of Clevelanders managed to tear themselves away from the post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” sales to fill Severance Hall to the brim for The Cleveland Orchestra concert on the evening of 23 November. Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, led tautly controlled and exciting performances, with Canadian pianist Louis Lortie as the soloist in Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor.Read full review... | |
| 18-May-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Maria João Pires and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall |
 The Philadelphia Orchestra was at Carnegie Hall this weekend, led by Chief Conductor Charles Dutoit and joined by pianist Maria João Pires, to perform works by Glinka, Chopin, and Ravel. After this season, American audiences will presumably be seeing less of Mr. Dutoit on this side of the Pond – his term in Philadelphia will be over, and he will continue in his position as Artistic Director of the Royal Philharmonic.Read full review... | |
| 20-Oct-2011 Meyerson Symphony Center | Style and Substance: Hannu Lintu at the Meyerson |
 Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu made a big impression in his début with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a colorful program of Ravel, Chopin, and Stravinsky – Le Tombeau de Couperin , the Piano Concerto no. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, and Petrushka, respectively. While the printed program notes suggested a “French” theme (France being the homeland of Ravel, and Paris specifically the adopted city of Chopin and Stravinsky), “the influence of the piano” could just as well have been a unifying thread.
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