| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2012 John Jay College: The Gerald W Lynch Theater | Forebodings: Elizabeth Futral embodies Saarihao's Émilie at Lincoln Center Festival |
 “I put into your hands manuscripts that I very much wish will remain after me,” wrote Émilie du Châtelet shortly before the birth of her fourth child in 1749. “I hope... that my lying-in, which I am expecting at any moment, will not be fatal, as I fear.” Her fears did prove fatal, and she died days after giving birth, at the age of 42.
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| 13-Jul-2012 University of Maryland: Clarice Smith PAC: Gildenhorn Recital Hall | Gloria Cheng: Contemporary piano music at the University of Maryland |
 Gloria Cheng is an uncommon artist. A specialist in contemporary piano literature, she has made a career championing new music and performing programs of adventurous (which is to say, esoteric) works. She is a frequent collaborator with some of the leading lights of contemporary music, including Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen. In this recital on Friday at the University of Maryland’s Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Cheng offered an intellectually challenging and yet emotionally engaging evening of contemporary music from ten different composers.
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| 10-Mar-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Saint Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall: Saariaho and Stravinsky |
 If only every orchestral concert were as thoughtfully programmed as the Saint Louis Symphony’s last Saturday. David Robertson led his orchestra in Debussy’s Printemps, an ingratiating early work; the Carnegie Hall premiere of Quatre Instants by Kaija Saariaho with the irrepressible soprano Karita Mattila; and the full-length version of Stravinsky’s Firebird.Read full review... | |
| 20-Sep-2011 Lennoxlove House: Great Hall | Bach and Beyond |
 Janette Beckman.jpg) You might think that a programme containing Bach and 20th/21st century composers would suggest an evening of unconnected extremes. Nothing could be further from the truth in the case of Jennifer Koh's Bach and Beyond recital, given in Lennoxlove House, Haddington as part of the Lammermuir Festival. Positioned in front of the yawning fireplace in the Great Hall of this 700-year old stately home, she opened with Bach's Partita in E major, BWV 1006. This was the beginning of her programme's stated return journey from light to darkness.Read full review... | |
