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Month: March 2018

Making the Case for Bernstein’s A Quiet Place

26/03/201818/03/2018 by Rick Perdian

United StatesUnited States Bernstein, A Quiet Place: Soloists, Curtis Symphony Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris (conductor), Curtis Opera Theatre at the Perelman, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 9.3.2018. (RP)

Dennis Chmelensky in Curtis Opera Theatre’s A Quiet Place © Paula Court

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Daniel Kramer’s La traviata for English National Opera Disappoints

26/03/201817/03/2018 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La traviata: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera / Leo McFall (conductor), 16.3.2018. (JPr)

Lukhanyo Moyake (Alfredo), Claudia Boyle (Violetta) & Aled Hall (Gaston) (c) Catherine Ashmore

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A Great Rarity by Haydn Proves Delightful

26/03/201817/03/2018 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn: Soloists, The Mozartists (solo violin: Daniel Edgar, solo harpsichord: Stephen Devine) / Ian Page (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 15.3.2018. (CC)

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Copland, the Magnificent

26/03/201816/03/2018 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Wuorinen, Prokofiev, Copland: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 15.3.2018. (HS)

The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) & Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
(c) Stefan Cohen

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A Superb Ariodante from the Incomparable William Christie and Les Arts Florissants

21/03/201816/03/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Handel, Ariodante (concert performance): Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 14.3.2018. (JMI)

Ariodante © A. Bofill
Ariodante © A. Bofill

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Stephen Hough’s Majestic ‘Emperor’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

21/03/201816/03/2018 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Ives, Brahms: Stephen Hough (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Thierry Fischer (conductor), The Lighthouse, Poole, 14.3.2018. (IL)

Stephen Hough (c) Sim Canetty-Clarke

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A Glowing Bruckner Third Symphony from Michael Sanderling

25/05/202215/03/2018 by Geoffrey Newman

CanadaCanada Wagner, Bruckner, Mendelssohn: David Fray (piano), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra / Michael Sanderling. Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, 3.3.2018. (GN)

Michael Sanderling conducting the VSO © Matthew Baird

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Maurizio Pollini Returns to London in Fine Form

15/03/2018 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Chopin: Maurizio Pollini (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 13.3.2018. (CC)

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