| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2012 Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall | A mighty wind: Opening night at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center |
 With so much of the chamber repertoire focused on strings and piano, it was a refreshing choice by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to open their season with some of the great works for winds. Many of the wind and brass performers on the program spend most of their professional lives as orchestral and solo musicians, and clearly relish the chance to make music with their colleagues without following the conductor’s baton. The unique collegiality of music on the small stage has a pull on some of the country’s best musicians.
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| 9-Nov-2011 Bridgewater Hall | The Hallé, Elder and Gourlay perform Vaughan Williams, Dvořák and Elgar |
 In an unusual piece of programming by today’s standards, this evening’s symphony, Vaughan Williams’ fifth, was played before the interval, with the lighter works, Dvořák’s Wind Serenade and Elgar’s Cockaigne, later in the evening. Perhaps this brought freshness to the music, for there was a supple versatility in the Hallé’s symphony, darting between the heroic, pastoral and folky elements of the piece with exquisite sensitivity to each.
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