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Month: March 2018

A Stimulating Programme from the Ever-Excellent Arditti Quartet

21/03/201815/03/2018 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sciarrino, Hurel, and Andre: Jake Arditti (countertenor), Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti Ashot Sarkissian [violins], Ralf Ehlers [viola], Lucas Fels [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2018. (MB)

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Opera North’s First Production of a Verdi Masterpiece Disappoints

21/03/201815/03/2018 by Robert Farr

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Un ballo in maschera: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes (conductor), The Lowry, Salford Quays, 10.3.2018. (RJF)

Patricia Bardon (;Ulrica Arvidson) and Richard Mosley-Evans (Christian) (c) Clive Barda

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A Return to the Brilliant Days of the Liceu with a Superb Andrea Chénier

21/03/201814/03/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Giordano, Andrea Chénier: Liceu Orchestra and Chorus / Pinchas Steinberg (conductor), Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 12 & 13.3.2018. (JMI)

Jonas Kaufmann & Sondra Radvanovsky in Andrea Chénier © A. Bofill
Jonas Kaufmann & Sondra Radvanovsky in Andrea Chénier © A. Bofill

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Well-Designed Programme, Insightfully Played by Albion Quartet

21/03/201814/03/2018 by Glyn Pursglove

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Fribbins, Suk, Dvořák: Albion Quartet [Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Emma Parker (violins), Rosalind Ventris (viola), Nathaniel Boyd (cello)]. Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. 9.3.2018. (GPu)

Albion Quartet (c) Steve Gullick
Albion Quartet (c) Steve Gullick

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Baroque Opera is Well Served by Madrid’s Concert-Version Rinaldo

21/03/201813/03/2018 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Handel, Rinaldo (concert performance): The English Concert / Harry Bicket (conductor), Auditorio de Música, Madrid, 11.3.2018. (JMI)

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An Athletic Struggle Through One of Mahler’s Most Difficult

21/03/201813/03/2018 by Laurence Vittes

United StatesUnited States Mahler: USC Thornton Symphony / Yoav Talmi (conductor), Bovard Auditorium, Los Angeles, 9.3.2018. (LV)

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Venerable Academy Shows an American Openness

21/03/201813/03/2018 by Harvey Steiman

United StatesUnited States Edgar Meyer, Mozart, Beethoven: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Joshua Bell (conductor and violin), presented by San Francisco Symphony Great Performers Series, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.3.2018. (HS)

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Joshua Bell (c) Chris Lee

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Stirring Farewell Appearance by One of the Finest String Quartets of Recent Years

21/03/201813/03/2018 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Ravel, Beethoven: Johannes String Quartet, Benjamin Franklin Hall, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 4.3.2018. (BJ)

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