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Month: April 2015

Rebirth of Tippett’s The Ice Break in a Birmingham Warehouse

19/04/201512/04/2015 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tippett, The Ice Break: Soloists, Birmingham Opera Company,  Local Chorus of 106 – Jonathan Laird (Chorus Master), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Gourlay (conductor), The B12 Warehouse, Birmingham, 8.4.2015 (GR).

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A Colourful Programme from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

19/04/201512/04/2015 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grainger, Unsuk Chin and Bartók: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.4.2015 (AS)

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World Premiere of Emily Koh’s Jia[k] – Evoking a Foodie Paradise in Sound

19/04/201512/04/2015 by Rick Perdian

 Koh, Bartok, Liszt, Schubert: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor), Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore,  04.10.2015 (RP)

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Anna Netrebko Triumphs Once Again As Anna Bolena

13/08/202011/04/2015 by José Irurzun
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Anna Netrebko as Anna Bolena (c) Michael Pöhn

AustriaAustria Donizetti: Anna Bolena, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Andriy Yurkevich (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 10.4.2015 (JMI)

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Joshua Bell in an Exhilarating Tchaikovsky Concerto

19/04/201511/04/2015 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States  John Adams, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky: Joshua Bell (violin), San Francsico Symphony, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 9.4.2015 (HS)

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Paul Goodwin Leads with Brilliance, Style, and Wit

19/04/201511/04/2015 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Stamitz, and Beethoven: Choong-Jin Chang (viola), Philadelphia Orchestra, Paul Goodwin (conductor), Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 10.4.2015 (BJ)

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Fleur Darkin Ballet Honours Deceased Parent

19/04/201511/04/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The One Ensemble, Miann, Scottish Dance Theatre, Southbank Centre, London, 9.4.2015 (J.O’D)

Scottish Dance Theatre's Amy Hollinshead and The One   Ensemble in Miann by Fleur Darkin_Photographer Brian Hartley
Scottish Dance Theatre’s Amy Hollinshead and The One Ensemble in Miann by Fleur Darkin Photographer Brian Hartley

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Vienna’s Classic and Always Rewarding Rosenkavalier

19/04/201510/04/2015 by José Irurzun

AustriaAustria  Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Wiener Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus, Adam Fischer (conductor), Staatsoper, Vienna, 9.4.2015 (JMI)

Photo: Michael Pöhn
Photo: Michael Pöhn

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