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Anne Akiko Meyers performed Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" and Eric Whitacre's "The Pacific Has No Memory" with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
Cellist Johannes Moser performed the world premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s "Before we fall" cello concerto with the San Francisco Symphony and Dalia Stasevska.
Francisco Fullana performed Arturo Márquez's "Fandango" Violin Concerto with the Phoenix Symphony and Thomas Wilkins.
Cellist Seth Parker Woods performed the world premiere of Julia Adolphe’s "Chrysalis" for cello and orchestra with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Carolin Widmann performed her brother Jörg Widmann’s second violin concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jörg Widmann.
Robert Mealy and Juilliard415 (Juilliards Early Baroque Ensemble) performed at Corpus Christi Church in New York.
Akiko Suwanai performed Alban Berg's Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" with NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo.
Anna Chen da Silva performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist Pablo Ferrández performed Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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It definitely reveals the reviewer's mindset!
Ironic, Laurie, that Berg quotes Bach extensively!
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May 21, 2025 at 04:15 PM · Writing about the Berg violin concerto, Bach Track's critic speaks of Akiko Suwanai lending "an emotional quality to music that doesn’t seem to have any." This surely qualifies for a Cloth-Eared Academy award.