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Month: December 2016

The Sitkovetsky Trio: Technically Assured but Missing a Frisson of Communication

09/01/201729/12/2016 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Turina, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann: Sitkovetsky Trio (Alexander Sitkovetsky [violin], Danjulo Ishizaka [cello], Wu Qian [piano]), Wigmore Hall, London, 27.12.2016 (CS)

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Artistry from Curtis Students – and the School’s President

09/01/201726/12/2016 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Mozart: Shmuel Ashkenasi (violin), Roberto Díaz (viola), Curtis Chamber Orchestra, Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 11.12.2016. (BJ)

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Trevor Pinnock’s 70th Birthday Concert

09/01/201726/12/2016 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Handel, Mahler: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director/conductor), Katy Bircher (flute), Rachel Podger (violin), Bojan Čičić (violin), Jane Rogers (viola), Jonathan Manson (cello), Peter McCarthy (violone), Lauryna Bendžiūnaite (soprano), Royal Academy of Music Alumni Ensemble. Wigmore Hall, 16.12.2016. (CC)

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Another all-English John Wilson concert at Salford Quays

09/01/201723/12/2016 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bax, Vaughan Williams: BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor), BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 22.12.2016 (RB)

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REVIEWERS OF SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL PICK THEIR BEST OF 2016

21/01/202023/12/2016 by AUTHOR

THE BEST OF 2016 FROM REVIEWERS OF SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL 

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The Sixteen Explore the Journey of the Magi Through Timeless Music

03/01/201722/12/2016 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Three Kings: The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Cadogan Hall London, 20.12.2016. (CS)

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Mahan Esfahani’s searching exploration of the Goldberg Variations

03/01/201722/12/2016 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.12.2016. (MB)

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Miklós Perényi’s Wigmore Hall Recital: Music Making of the Highest Order

03/01/201722/12/2016 by Leon Bosch

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Kodály: Miklós Perényi (cello) Wigmore Hall, London. 19.12.2016. (LB)

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