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David Bratman

David Bratman is a librarian who lives with his lawfully wedded soprano and a wall full of symphony recordings.

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Recital Review
October 31, 2017
Anssi Karttunen’s Modernist Cavalcade
BY David Bratman

High modernism is alive and well and cellist Karttunen brought some fine, new examples to Cal Performances.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 23, 2017
Conductor Mei-Ann Chen Elicits Impressive Work From Symphony Silicon Valley
BY David Bratman

Soloist Mayuko Kamio stands out in Khachaturian Violin Concerto.

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Chamber Music Review
October 17, 2017
The American Brass Quintet Blows the Roof Off Bing
BY David Bratman

The veteran ensemble champions new and vintage works for the modern brass quintet.

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Chamber Music Review
August 5, 2017
The Great Fritz Kreisler Receives His Due at Menlo Festival
BY David Bratman

In a concert ostensibly about expressionism, the surprise was Kreisler’s 1919 string quartet.

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Chamber Music Review
July 24, 2017
Romantic Passion Bursts Forth in [email protected]’s Violin History
BY David Bratman

Louis Spohr hits a double but Mendelssohn crushes a surprise home run with an early piano quartet.

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Chamber Music Review
July 18, 2017
The Violin Takes Center Stage at [email protected]
BY David Bratman

The “Classical Style” concert focuses on chamber masterworks from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
June 19, 2017
Joshua Bell Smooths Symphonie Espagnole’s Rough Edges
BY David Bratman

Meanwhile, conductor Vasily Petrenko made a meal of Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony, leading the San Francisco Symphony’s weekend program.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 9, 2017
Cellist Inbal Segev Carries Dan Visconti’s Folk-Inspired Tangle-Eye Concerto
BY David Bratman

California Symphony contrasted Visconti’s lyrical concerto with big-boned, dramatic works.

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Chamber Music Review
April 25, 2017
The Dover Quartet Rises to a Challenge
BY David Bratman

The acclaimed young ensemble exhibit technical mastery and nuanced interpretations of Beethoven, Haydn, and Shostakovich.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
February 21, 2017
A Yuja Success With the Santa Cruz Symphony
BY David Bratman

The piano phenom offers fiery renditions of two long, very different concertos.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
February 7, 2017
S.F. Symphony, Chorus, and Soloists Deliver a Magnificent Ninth
BY David Bratman

Herbert Blomstedt guides a taut, inspired reading of Beethoven’s masterpiece.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 25, 2016
Symphony Silicon Valley Takes on a Russian Accent
BY David Bratman

Guest artists Edvard Tshivzhel and Nikolai Demidenko help translate works from their compatriots.

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Recital Review
October 4, 2016
Philip Glass and Fellow Pianists Mine Gold in His Etudes
BY David Bratman

In a marathon program, five performers find distinctly different musical expression in the composer’s piano studies.

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Chamber Music Review
September 20, 2016
New Esterházy Delivers a Bracing Romp Through Four Quartets
BY David Bratman

The quartet’s meticulous attention to detail enlivens a program of Mozart and Haydn in an intimate setting.

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Recital Review
August 16, 2016
Keyboard Magic in Black and White
BY David Bratman

New Piano Collective’s second inaugural program ranged from the sublime to the silly.

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Chamber Music Review
July 26, 2016
[email protected]’s “Russian Reflections” Showcases Rare Gems for Violin and Piano
BY David Bratman

Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian shine on a program spanning centuries of musical expression.

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Chamber Music Review
July 26, 2016
Roll Over Dohnányi, Tell Arensky the News
BY David Bratman

Lesser-known composers took center stage at [email protected], where real masterworks by Erno Dohnányi and Anton Arensky were shadowed by early works from Mahler and Shostakovich.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
June 7, 2016
Symphony Silicon Valley and Jon Nakamatsu Deliver a Serious, Thrilling Finale
BY David Bratman

The Parisian-inflected program featured works by Saint-Saëns, Franck, and da Falla.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 24, 2016
Michael Morgan Guides the Oakland Symphony on a Tranquil, Spiritual Journey
BY David Bratman

A John Adams piece featuring electric violin is at the heart of a program exploring the contemplative side of 20th-century music.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 10, 2016
California Symphony Makes Room for the Guitar
BY David Bratman

A concerto penned under the auspices of the symphony’s Young American Composer-in-Residence program gets the spotlight in a beautifully balanced program.

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