| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2013 Konzerthaus: Großer Saal | Luisi brings logic and inevitable joy to one of his last Vienna Symphony concerts |
 The great jazz composer Bob Brookmeyer used to instruct his students that they should never write a solo section in their composition until it was absolutely inevitable that a solo should take place. In other words, he encouraged composers never to use a form simply because that form had previously existed; rather, they should create new musical events only when the internal logic of their piece, or their musical intuition, dictated. In this well-balanced program, Fabio Luisi’s direction provided a clarity that revealed the internal logic of all three works.Read full review... | |
| 31-Oct-2012 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Belgium offers Paris a night of music and royalty |
 (c) A S Trebulak.jpg) As I made my way to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, a mass of photographers and guests dressed in their evening best waited eagerly by the front doors. Alas, this reception was not for me, but rather for the Prince and Princess of Belgium, the evening’s guests and the very reason behind the concert. In a bid to host the 2017 International Exposition, the concert was an opportunity for Belgium to bring some of its cultural highlights to Paris and demonstrate what it is capable of.Read full review... | |
| 4-Oct-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Alternative energies from the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall |
 Riccardo Muti made a bold claim in a televised interview on Tuesday, ahead of his three-night stint opening the Carnegie Hall’s season. Asked by Charlie Rose about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti suggested that this band, of which he has been Music Director since 2010, was the best in the world – before hurriedly correcting himself and ranking it alongside the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics in the very highest echelon.
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| 4-Mar-2012 Bass Performance Hall | Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Mei-Ann Chen: Beethoven, Schumann and Franck |
 The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra welcomed guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen and pianist Markus Groh to Bass Hall this weekend, and welcome guests they were indeed. Ms. Chen led the orchestra in Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and the Symphony in D minor of César Franck, with Mr. Groh joining them for the Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor in between. It was a treat to hear a truly fresh and inspired performance of works that have come to be viewed by some – undeservedly so – as being staid warhorses of the repertoire.
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