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Month: July 2013

Honesty and Sensibility in Kovacevich Recital

14/08/201331/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Beethoven, Schubert: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 30.7.2013 (CR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Curtis Rogers, Oxford

Plumbing Depth in Bruch, Finding Elegance in Elgar

06/01/201431/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (4): Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Gil Shaham (violin), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Aspen, Colorado. 18-20.7.2013 (HS) 

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

An Octet, a Pianist and a Brass Quintet Walk Into a Concert Hall

31/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (3): Faculty artists, Aspen Philharmonic, Robert Spano (conductor), American Brass Quintet. Aspen, Colorado, 15-17.7.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

From the Salzburg Festival II (How to Explain Opera to a Dead Hare)

13/08/202031/07/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria H. Birtwistle, Gawain: Soloists, ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Bach Chorus, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 29.7.2013. (JFL)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

Lincoln Center Festival: A Longtime Explorer Turns 60

18/09/201331/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Zorn @ 60: The Holy Visions: Soloists, John Zorn (composer and organist), Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 18.7.2013 (DS)

Lincoln Center Festival 2013
John Zorn at the Alice Tully Hall organ (Photo: Stephanie Berger)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York

English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.

14/02/201731/07/2013 by Stan

English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published Tags England, John Quinn

Thunderous celebrations at Opera på Skäret

14/08/201331/07/2013 by Stan

SwedenSweden Tenth Anniversary Concert. Soloists, Opera på Skäret Orchestra & Chorus, Marcello Mottadelli (conductor). Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden. 27.7.2013 (GF)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, International Opera, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Kopparberg

The Sorrows of Love in a Dominican Priory

14/08/201331/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mazzochi, Luzzaschi, Monteverdi, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Draghi, Campkin, Piccinini, Doni, Carissimi, Lanier, Rossi: Galàn (Alison Hill, Katy Hill, Lucy Page), Christopher Bucknall (harpsichord), Manuel Minguillion (theorbo), Three Choirs Festival, Blackfriars Priory, Gloucester, 28.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gloucester, John Quinn
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