Dubravka Tomsic encores

Below are pianist Dubravka Tomsic's encores from her recital on Friday night:

1. Lizt: "Forgotten Waltz"
2. Chopin: "Minuette Waltz"
3. Lizt: Concert Etude - "Dance of the Gnomes"
4. Lizt: Concert Etude - La Leggereza

Soprano Dawn Upshaw announces April 29 recital program

Dawn Upshaw has released her Celebrity Series recital program for April 29 with pianist Stephen Prutsman at NEC's Jordan Hall. It is a generous and varied program, so it is a bit long to post here in full:

Dawn Upshaw program

Thomas Quasthoff's encores from May 2 recital

Here are - admittedly a bit late - Thomas Quasthoff's encores from his May 2 recital at Jordan Hall (his first Celebrity Series recital since 2002):

Brahms
Auf dem Kirchhofe Op. 105

Schubert
Seligkeit

Brahms
Unuberwindlich

Quasthoff recital reviewed in Boston Globe

Thomas Quasthoff brought his truly remarkable voice to Jordan Hall for a much-anticipated recital on Sunday afternoon. Though he sang as beautifully as ever, he was especially talkative this time around. Between his stellar singing and timely witticisms, Quasthoff has the audience eating out of his hand. Here is a snippet of Jeffrey Johnson's review:

"During a break, Quasthoff drew the
audience’s attention to two oval windows on a pair of entrance doors in
Jordan Hall. He could see through them to the street doors, and every
time someone opened those, it seemed to him as if the hall doors were
winking. "I thought I was on drugs or something," quipped Quasthoff, "or that I had drunk Boston water!"

Then
after a brief introduction to the next cycle he lunged back into drama
with Frank Martin’s “Sechs Monologe aus 'Jedermann.'" We were left at
intermission to absorb this masterpiece of sustained intensity and
existential struggle."

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Finckel, Han and Setzer on the Schubert Piano Trios (video w narration)

David Finckel, Wu Han and Philip Setzer will perform Schubert Trios nos. 1 & 2 on February 21 at Jordan Hall. In this video, they play and discuss Schubert trios (from Music@Menlo in 2008).

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Globe review

The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet made its Boston debut on Friday night at Jordan Hall. Matthew Guerrieri reviewed for The Boston Globe: Berlin Quintet's blend mutes distinctiveness.

Globe's Jeremy Eichler on Tetzlaff: "nothing more was required"

Jeremy Eichler's review of Christian Tetzlaff's unaccompanied violin recital last Sunday is in today's Boston Globe:

"There were no gimmicks in Jordan Hall Sunday night. No semi-staging. No actors employed. No mood lighting. No screen projections to help us feel the music. There was not even a pianist to accompany it.

There was only one deeply serious artist, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff, alone with his instrument on a completely empty stage. It turned out that, for one of the most rewarding concerts in recent memory, nothing more was required."

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Christian Tetzlaff on Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin

Christian Tetzlaff performs an unaccompanied concert at Jordan Hall on January 31.