Love and Passion for Dance is Revealed in a Fast-and-Furious Fire in the Ballroom

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Burn the Floor’s Fire in the Ballroom: Dancers, Mikee Introna & Jessica Lingotti (vocalists), Will Fry (percussion), Marc Aliana (lead guitar), Miki Santamaria (bass guitar) & Pat Madden (percussion); Peta Roby & Jason Gilkison (directors and choreographers), Peacock Theatre, London, 19.10.2016. (JPr)

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Fire in the Ballroom

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Covent Garden’s New Così fan tutte Fails to Offer Fresh Insights

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Così fan tutte: Soloists, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Directed for the cinema by Jonathan Haswell and broadcast live to Cineworld Basildon from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 17.10.2016. (JPr)

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Corinne Winters, Sabina Puértolas, Angela Brower in Così fan tutte
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Some Rarities and Top-Class Musicianship in a lunchtime concert by Onyx Brass

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Arnold, Brahms, J.S. Bach, Shostakovich, Howells, Horowitz, Nightingale – Onyx Brass: Niall Keatley, Alan Thomas (trumpets), Andrew Sutton (horn), Amos Miller (trombone), David Gordon-Shute (tuba), plus RWCMD Brass: Joshua Barber, Benjamin Day, Corey Morris, Jac Thomas (trumpets), Fiona Bassett, Matthew Jackson, Victoria Scanlon, Alys Jones (horns), Amy Harding, Joseph Arkwright, Nicholas Macdonald (trombones), Lloyd Pearce (bass trombone), Iolo Edwards, James Harrison (percussion), Jemma Sharp (timpani), The Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 7.10.2016. (GPu)

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Onyx Brass

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The Met’s Musically Strong Tristan is Lost at Sea

United StatesUnited States Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Broadcast live to the Odeon Cinema, Chelmsford, Essex, from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 8.10.2016. (JPr)

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The Met’s Tristan und Isolde Act I (c) Ken Howard

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Carlos Acosta Bids a Classical Farewell

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Carlos Acosta: The Classical Farewell: Carlos Acosta and guest soloists, Robert Clark (piano), Gina McCormack (violin), Rowena Calvert (cello), Katie Trethewey (soprano), Greg Skidmore (baritone), Pegasus Chamber Choir and orchestra / Paul Murphy (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 3.10.2016. (JPr)

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Apollo pas de deux Marianela Núñez & Carlos Acosta (c) Johan Persson

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The Conclusion to the Philharmonia’s Stravinsky: Myths and Rituals series

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky: Soloists, Orphei Drängar. Ladies of the Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör and Ladies of the Sofia Vokalensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.9.2016. (JPr)

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Joseph Kaiser and Willard White in Peter Sellars’ Aix production of Oedipus rex (c) Vincent Beaume

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The Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio Bring Star Quality to the Roman River Music Festival

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roman River Music Festival 2016 – Brahms, Ravel and Turnage: Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio (Nicola Benedetti [violin], Leonard Elschenbroich [cello], Alexei Grynyuk [piano]), All Saints Church, Fordham, Essex, 28.9.2016. (JPr)

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Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano) (c) Mark McNulty

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