Concert Reviews

The complete list of posted concert reviews

Style, Refinement and Diversity from ‘Apollo’s Fire’ – Explosive Musical Fire from Alina Ibragimova

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Proms Saturday Matinee 3: C.P.E. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann & J.S. Bach: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Jeannette Sorrel (harpsichord), Apollo’s Fire, Cadogan Hall London, 15.8.2015. (CS)

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Violinist Alina Ibragimova performs with Apollo’s Fire, directed by Jeannette Sorrell, for the third in a series of Proms Saturday Matinees at Cadogan Hall c BBC/Sarah Jeynes

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“Die Entführung” at the Proms – Too Beautiful for Our Ears…and Too Many Notes?

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 39: Mozart,  Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Soloists, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (conductor) – Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.08.2015 (MMB)

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Big Blocks of Contrast in Macmillan’s New Percussion Concerto

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (8) – MacMillan & Sibelius: Colin Currie (percussion), Anna Larsson (contralto), Jukka Rasilainen (baritone), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, RSNO Chorus, Edward Gardner (conductor), Usher Hall, 14.8.2015 (SRT)

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Concert Performance of The Rake’s Progress Feels Operatic

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (6) – Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (concert performance): Royal Conservatoire Voices, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Usher Hall, 12.8.2015 (SRT)

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Cincinnati 2015-2016 Season: Things to Come

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Cincinnati 2015-2016 Season: Things to Come Pianist Yefim Bronfman, violinist Karen Gomyo, and conductor Semyon Bychkov are among the guest artists who will visit the Queen City to perform with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. (In January of 2016, the orchestra will perform in New York as part of Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series.) Music Director … Read more

Aspen 12: Sultry Piazzola, Brake Drums and Flower Pots, and Scriabin’s Influence

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United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (12): Byne, Donatoni, Glass, Harrison, Mosolov, Piazzola, Protopopov, Roslavets, Rouse, Scriabin, Xenakis: Soloists, Jonathan Haas and Scott Terrell (conductors). Aspen, Colorado. 10-12.8.2015 (HS)

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The BBC Philharmonic and Juanjo Mena: Worthwhile Foulds but Messiaen Deserves More

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 38. Foulds, Messiaen Steven Osborne (piano): Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martinet): Upper Voices of the London Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena. Royal Albert Hall, London, 13.8.2015 (CC)

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