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No one should be ashamed of loving the accordion. Not even clowns.

#CriticsNotebook: Martynas Levickis and the Accordion Take Center Stage at the Schubert-Saal

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January 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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#CriticsNotebook: From the Canyons to the Stars... Messiaen, Metzmacher & Klangforum at the Konzerthaus

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January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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#CriticsNotebook: Perfection in Mozart Lies not in the Fingers, but the Heart. Alfred Brendel’s Final Concert in Munich

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While preparing ionarts' appreciation of Alfred Brendel (and newly indexing the computer), I found a review of Alfred Brendel's last c
Critic’s Notebook: Perfection in Mozart Lies not in the Fingers, but the Heart. Alfred Brendel’s Final Concert in Munich
While preparing ionarts' appreciation of Alfred Brendel (and newly indexing the computer), I found a review of Alfred Brendel's last co...
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June 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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#CriticsNotebook: An Orgy of Musicality with Ollikainen, Larcher, Strauss, Widmann

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Critic’s Notebook: An Orgy of Musicality with Ollikainen, Larcher, Strauss, Widmann
Also published in Die Presse : Unbekanntes von Großen – und Großes von einem lebenden Komponisten ...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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CriticsNotebook: A WALRUS IN LOVE - An Odd Liederabend from Goerne and Kissin

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April 2, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Latest from Vienna (on @ionarts): Paavo Järvi, Janine Jansen & the @DKAMbremen at the @Musikverein

#CriticsNotebook: Bremen Chamber Philharmonic & Janine Jansen Wow in Vienna

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Critic’s Notebook: Bremen Chamber Philharmonic & Janine Jansen Wow in Vienna
Also reviewed for Die Presse : Bremer Stadtmusikanten erobern Wien F.Schubert , Symphonies 8 & 9 T.Dausgaard / ...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Latest from the #CriticsNotebook on @ionarts:

Daniil Trifonov in Recital: Shtick but Shtupendous!

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March 5, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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Latest on ionarts: #CriticsNotebook in - an exception - German! Is the #WienerKammerorchester really so much better under JanWillemdeVriend?

The great AM-Orchestra Test:

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October 15, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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Latest in the #CriticsNotebook: Andrè Schuen and the Lied, A Triumph of Youthfulness

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...Incidentally, he is also a dead-ringer for Southpark's Mr. Mackey... [Not Schuen]
March 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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Latest in the #CriticsNotebook: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain visit Vienna

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Critic’s Notebook: Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestre Métropolitain visit Vienna
C.Saint-Saëns , Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Alexandre Kantorow, J.J.Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta BI...
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June 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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#CriticsNotebook: Concentus Musicus and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in Seasonal Bach

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Critic’s Notebook: Concentus Musicus and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in Seasonal Bach
Also published in Die Presse : Feiern mit dem Concentus: Bach im Musikverein J.S. Bach Chri...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Latest for DiePresse & on ionarts:

#CriticsNotebook: Vienna Symphony Back in Form under Petr Popelka

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Critic’s Notebook: Vienna Symphony Back in Form under Petr Popelka
Also reviewed for Die Presse : Konzerthaus: Die Symphoniker wissen, wie Schlagobers klingen muss L.v.Beethoven , ...
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May 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Latest for DiePresse & on ionarts:

#CriticsNotebook: Debbie Does Vienna - A Belated Handel-Premiere* in Vienna

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Critic’s Notebook: Debbie Does Vienna - A Belated Handel-Premiere* in Vienna
Also reviewed for Die Presse : „Deborah“ im Konzerthaus: Händels Chöre reißen mit G.F.Handel , Deborah Y.Ke...
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May 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#CriticsNotebook: Golden Apple Sauce — and a larger-than-life serving of Jakub Orliński

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Critic’s Notebook: Golden Apple Sauce — and a larger-than-life serving of Jakub Orliński
Also published in Die Presse : Hier rockt der Elvis der Alten Musik: Orliński im Konzerthaus Jakub Józef O...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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As an arts critic, I give in to my subconscious. But what’s really happening in my mind?

#CriticsNotebook from @joshuachong.bsky.social
As an arts critic, I give in to my subconscious. But what’s really happening in my mind?
Arts critic Joshua Chong tests the AGO's Art Rate Monitor and speaks with psychologist Dirk Bernhardt-Walther about how art impacts the brain.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Latest on @ionarts: #CriticsNotebook: Too much beauty from the Dresden Staatskapelle and András Schiff? Throwback-Bach, Retro-Mozart and Angry Letters

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Critic’s Notebook: Too much beauty from the Dresden Staatskapelle and András Schiff?
Also reviewed for Die Presse: Retro-Schönklang im Konzerthaus: So hat man Bach und Mozart lange nicht gehört An excess of gorgeous...
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March 8, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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#CriticsNotebook: Of Bruckner and Scaffolds with the Vienna Symphony

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Bruckner’s Perger Präludium, as short as it is banal, does little to prepare for Berlioz – but it’s a check mark on your Bruckner-2024 bingo card...
Critic’s Notebook: Of Bruckner and Scaffolds with the Vienna Symphony
Critics Notebook Vienna Symphony Constantinos Carydis Also reviewed for Die Presse: Gotteslob und Fallbeil: Constantinos Carydis setzt...
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February 20, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Photoset: criticsnotebook: James Rocarols reviews “Ida” for Critic’s Notebook.

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November 28, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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Also up on ionarts: More from the @RSOWien.
#criticsnotebook: Marin Alsop, the RSO and Bruce Liu in "Program vs. Performance"

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March 12, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Up on @ionarts.bsky.social: #CriticsNotebook: When Alban Berg is the Sweetener: Great Programming with Metzmacher and the RSO Wien.

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March 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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#CriticsNotebook: The Quinteto Astor Piazzolla. Hmpf...

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Critic’s Notebook: The Quinteto Astor Piazzolla in Vienna
A. Piazzolla , "The Late Masterpieces", Quinteto Tango Nuevo (American Clavé, 3CDs, 1993) US...
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February 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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From a #CriticsNotebook: Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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#CriticsNotebook: The L’Orfeo Barockorchester celebrates Mozart’s Death

Competent music-making and killing dolphins in the name of humanity

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Critic’s Notebook: A Requiem for Mozart
Also published in Die Presse : Mozarts Requiem wird unterminiert W.A. Mozart Requiem N.Harnoncourt, C...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Fresh from the #CriticsNotebook: the @AustYouthOrch at the Musikverein w/DavidRobertson:

feat. William Barton & Christian Li

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July 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Latest on ionarts: #CriticsNotebook: Spring Funeral – from Zemlinsky, for Alfred Brendel

Lorenzo Viotti, @viennasymphony, @Singverein

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Critic’s Notebook: Spring Funeral – from Zemlinsky, for Alfred Brendel
Also published in Die Presse : Brendel-Gedenken im Musikverein: Bruckner-Messe unter Lorenzo Viotti A.Zemlinsky , ...
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June 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM