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Month: May 2014

Jan Lisiecki’s Chopin

04/06/201429/05/2014 by Stan

ItalyItaly  Chopin: Jan Lisiecki (piano)  Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.  Sala Santa Cecilia.  Rome 28.05.2014 (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome Leave a comment

Fascinating Collaboration between Dancers and Musicians from Belgium

04/06/201429/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Grisley, Vortex temporum: Rosas & Ictus, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.5.2014 (J.O’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London Leave a comment

Short Operas Show Soul in Brevity  

04/06/201428/05/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Tarik O’Regan, Robert Paterson: Soloists, American Modern Ensemble (presented by Ear Heart Music and American Opera Projects), Roulette, Brooklyn, NY. 22.4.2014 (DS)

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Nancy Allen Lundy and Brandon Snook in “The Companion” (Photo: Alex Knight)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York Leave a comment

Bramwell Tovey Completes His Mahler Cycle

04/06/201428/05/2014 by Stan

 Canada Mahler: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor; Orpheum Theatre Vancouver, 24.5.2014

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Geoffrey Newman, Vancouver Leave a comment

An Admirable Peter Grimes

04/06/201428/05/2014 by Stan

 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Britten: Peter Grimes  Soloists,Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Erik Nielsen (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 24.5.2014 (JR)

Peter Grimes  Photo: Suzanne Schwiertz
Peter Grimes
Photo: Suzanne Schwiertz

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich Leave a comment

Exceptional Rachmaninov from Halsey and London Symphony Chorus

01/06/201427/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tallis, Mealor, Mathias, Rachmaninov;  London Symphony Chorus, Jeffrey Howard (organ), Simon Halsey (conductor),  St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 11.5.2014 (GPu)

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Splendid Mix of the Familiar, the Less Familiar and the Rarely Heard.

01/06/201427/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rawsthorne, Elgar, Vaughan Williams: James Ehnes (violin), BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 23.5.2014 (MC)

James Ehnes

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A Welcome Reminder of Forgotten Romantics at the English Music Festival

01/06/201427/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom English Music Festival 2014 – Day 2, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

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