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Geoff DIggines

Ibragimova and Tiberghien Survey Mozart’s Extraordinary Violin Sonatas

11/05/201504/05/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 30.4.20 15 (GD)

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Three Quartets in a Minor Key from the Arcanto

02/05/201527/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, Smetana, Schumann: Arcanto Quartet, Wigmore Hall London, 25.4.2015 (GD)

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Memorable Shostakovich and Beethoven from the Borodin Quartet

25/04/201522/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

 Shostakovich, Beethoven: Borodin Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 19.4.2015. (GD)

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New York Phil Takes London by Storm

20/04/201519/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Esa-Pekka Salonen, Ravel, Richard Strauss: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Barbican Hall, London 17.4.2015 (GD)

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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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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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Atrium Quartet Recital Shows Beethoven’s Influence on Borodin and Shostakovich

04/04/201502/04/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Borodin, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Atrium Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London 23.3.2015 (GD)

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Crowd-Pleasing Mahler Performance Not Quite What the Composer Intended

18/03/201517/03/2015 by Geoff DIggines

Mendelssohn, Mozart. Mahler: Sunwook Kim (piano), Philharmonia / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.3.2015 (GD)

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