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Year: 2012

Paul Lewis to the Rescue at Tetbury

09/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

Schubert: Paul Lewis (piano), Tetbury Music Festival, St Marys’ Parish Church, Tetbury, 4.10.2012. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Roger Jones, Tetbury

Lighting Effects Heighten Mood Changes in Shostokovich’s Eleventh

09/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Vadim Gluzman (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Sensational Orchestral Playing in Così fan tutte

09/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Così fan tutte (concert performance): Soloists, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 04.10.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Gorgeous Singing, Bewildering Staging for Bellini in San Francisco

15/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues): Soloists, chorus and orchestra of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 3.10.2012 (HS)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Manfred Honeck’s Impressive LSO Debut

09/10/201206/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart and Mahler: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 4.10.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Memorable Mahler in BBC Symphony’s Season Opener

09/10/201205/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gordon, Mahler and Shostakovich: Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.10.2012. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Real Haydn with Real Ale

10/03/202305/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn: The Night Shift – members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Matthew Truscott (first violin), Margaret Faultless (second violin), Tom Dunn (viola) Robin Michael (cello). Old Queen’s Head, Islington, London, 25.9.2012. (LDS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London

Seduction, Heartache and Passion from Danielle de Niese

09/10/201205/10/2012 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grieg, Wolf, Poulenc, Bizet and Dowland: Danielle de Niese (soprano) with Julius Drake (piano), Town Hall, Birmingham, 30.9.2012 (GR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read
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