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Month: April 2015

Life-affirming Nielsen from Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia

19/04/201514/04/2015 by Robert Beattie

Haydn, Beethoven, Nielsen, Martin Helmchen (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 12.4.2014 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie Leave a comment

Tansy Davies Brings Twin Towers Catastrophe to the Stage

20/04/201514/04/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Davies,  Between Worlds (World Premiere): Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Gerry Cornelius (conductor),  Barbican Theatre, 11.4.2015 (CC)

Between Worlds c ENO and Tristram Kenton
Between Worlds c ENO and Tristram Kenton

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

Vänskä’s LSO Concert Links Works by Pärt, Britten and Shostakovich

19/04/201514/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United StatesUnited States Pärt, Britten, Shostakovich:  Gil Shaham (violin), London Symphony Orchestra /  Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Barbican Hall, London. (GD)

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Purcell: Accomplished Beyond His Years

19/04/201514/04/2015 by NewAdmin

United StatesUnited States  Purcell: Les Violons du Roi, La Chapelle de Québec, Richard Egarr (conductor), Stern/Perelman Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 12.4.2015 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger Leave a comment

Il Turco in Italia Revival Provides Plenty of Laughs at Covent Garden

19/04/201514/04/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini, Il turco in Italia: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera, Evelino Pidò (conductor), Covent Garden, London 11.4.2015 (JPr)

A scene from Il Turco In Italia by Rossini @ Royal Opera House. Directed by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier. Conducted by Evelino Pido. (Opening 11-04-15) ©Tristram Kenton 03/15 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550  Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
A scene from Il Turco In Italia by Rossini @ Royal Opera House
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A Recital in Which the Sun Had Truly Shone.

19/04/201513/04/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, Finzi, Brahms, Debussy and Saint-Saëns: Lorraine McAslan (violin), Victor Sangiorgio (piano), King’s Place, London 12.4.2015 (CS)

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Noseda’s Faust Symphony Lives Up to Its Initial Promise

19/04/201513/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Shostakovich, Liszt: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor),  Barbican Hall, London,  8.4.2015. (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London

A Remarkable and Virtuosic Performance of Elgar’s Violin Concerto from Pinchas Zukerman

19/04/201512/04/2015 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, Elgar: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Christoph Koenig (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 10.4.2015 (MC)

Pinchas Zukerman, photo © Cheryl Mazak
Pinchas Zukerman, photo © Cheryl Mazak

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Manchester, Michael Cookson
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