by Robin Wirthlin | May 8, 2012 | Concert Reviews
In November of 2010, the pianist Tien Hsieh released a CD with the title Mostly Transcriptions; and since then this has been the predominant theme of the recitals she has prepared for the Noontime Concerts™ series at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral. At today’s recital the...
by Robin Wirthlin | Nov 8, 2011 | Concert Reviews
That “salon feel” that the Russian Chamber Orchestra brought to the Noontime Concerts™ series at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral about a month ago was perpetuated today in the piano recital given by Jonathan Edward Mann. There was considerable diversity across the selections...
by Robin Wirthlin | Sep 13, 2011 | Concert Reviews
The biography page on Aryo Wicaksono’s Web site says nothing about his origins as to either place of birth or ancestry. Between what I know about names and the activities enumerated in his biography, I would take him to be of Indonesian ancestry, if not born there. At...
by Robin Wirthlin | Aug 2, 2011 | Videos
pianist Dr Natalya Lundtvedt video — 2011 August 2 Liszt — Liebestraum Schubert/Liszt — Auf Dem Wasser zu Singen Liszt — Après une Lecture de Dante Schumann/Liszt — Widmung s.566 Chopin – Scherzo no.2 op.31 in B-flat minor Chopin...
by Robin Wirthlin | May 24, 2011 | Videos
pianist Thomas Hansen video — 2011 May 24 Liszt — Sonata in B minor Haydn — Sonata in C, H.XVI: 48 Rachmaninoff  — Moments Musicaux, Op.16 No.3&4
