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Tessa Lark performed works by Korngold, Ravel, Franck and Lark herself in recital with pianist Ellen Hwangbo.
Gil Shaham performed the Tchaikovsky with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Arabella Steinbacher performed the Brahms with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Anne Akiko Meyers played Ravel and Saint Saens with the the Vancouver Symphony.
Nicola Benedetti performed the Elgar with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Dennis Kim performed the Glass with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Augustin Hadelich performed the Mendelssohn with the San Francisco Symphony.
Jonathan Carney performed Bruch's Scottish Fantasy with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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I hope that was just an off-night for Augustin Hadelich. I've seen him three times and he has always played really well, and I'm going to see him in three weeks. Maybe soloists tour too much?
Here's another review on the Hadelich performance by San Francisco Classical Voice. This one is by a violinist though, so maybe holds a little more water.
I was at the October 5th NSO concert and saw Arabella Steinbacher play the Brahms. She was fabulous. Her technique was flawless, and she was very expressive.
Hadelich has such gorgeous musicality, I'm inclined to think that he took a classical approach that the reviewers just did not understand.
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