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Garrick Ohlsson

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Dello Joio, Stenhammar, Boulanger, and Dvořák

Justin Dello Joio’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, written especially for pianist Garrick Ohlsson, creates an emotionally satisfying canvas out of thorny harmonies and astringent lyricism.

By: Aaron Keebaugh Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Alan Gilbert, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson, Justin Dello Joio

Classical CD Reviews: Beach & Elgar Piano Quintets, Mark Abel’s “The Cave of Wondrous Voice,” and Ibragimova plays Shostakovich

It took more than a century, but Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet has finally got the recording it deserves; it would be hard to beat the all-star line-up featured in The Cave of Wondrous Voice; and ready for some flawless Shostakovich?

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alina Ibragimova, Amy Beach, Delos, Garrick Ohlsson, Hyperion, Mark Abel, The Cave of Wondrous Voice

Concert Review: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Mechanics Hall

A pianist with an uncommonly sensitive touch, Garrick Ohlsson’s playing encompasses poeticism and technical strength in just about equal measure.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Garrick Ohlsson, Mechanics Hall, Music Worcester

Classical Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Matter of Faulty Chemistry

While the BSO’s inventive program this week had the potential to plumb the heights and depths of human experience, Saturday’s performance generally lacked the necessary conviction, purpose, and mystery required to do so.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carl Maria von Weber, Garrick Ohlsson, Myung-Whun Chung, Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber

Classical Concert Review: Garrick Ohlsson’s Chopin

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson is helped by having unusually wide stretches in both hands. And like Chopin’s own playing, he never resorted to harshness or banging even in climactic passages. By Caldwell Titcomb Of all the musical events scheduled for this season I was most eagerly looking forward to the November 14 Symphony Hall recital by […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Celebrity-Series, Chopin, Garrick Ohlsson

Culture Vulture: Homage to Chopin

By Helen Epstein After some peculiar programming last week, Tanglewood’s current weekend got off to a rousing start on Thursday night as Garrick Ohlsson gave a haunting, introspective, and idiosyncratic performance of Chopin. The program, emotion-packed and filled with delicacies as though the pianist could not bear to leave anything out, included nocturnes and mazurkas, […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured Tagged: Chopin, Classical Music, Culture Vulture, Garrick Ohlsson, Tanglewood

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