Jim Pritchard

Vladimir Jurowski, the LPO and a Fine Cast Immerse the Audience in Enescu’s Oedipe

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Enescu, Oedipe (concert performance):  Soloists, Choir of the George Enescu Philharmonic, Romanian Radio Children’s Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski. Royal Festival Hall, London 22.9.2017. (JPr)

Paul Gay as 'Oedipe' with Vladimir Jurwoski conducting LPO at RFH
Paul Gay (Oedipe) with Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO (c) Allex Max

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Akram Khan’s Wonderful Giselle for English National Ballet Returns to Haunt Sadler’s Wells

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vincenzo Lamagna (after Adolphe Adam), Giselle: Soloists & Artists of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 20.9.2017. (JPr)

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Tamara Rojo (Giselle) in Akram Khan’s Giselle (c) Laurent Liotardo

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Fireworks Aplenty from Kasper Holten and Es Devlin’s Spectacular Bregenz Carmen

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AustriaAustria Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Children’s choir of Musikmittelschule Bregenz-Stadt, Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Paolo Carignani (conductor). Recorded at the 2017 Bregenz Festival and shown at Cineworld Basildon, 14.9.2017. (JPr)

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Carmen at Bregenz (c) Bregenzer Festspiele/Karl Forster

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Musikfest Berlin Offers a Timely Chance to Hear Nono’s Il canto sospeso

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GermanyGermany Musikfest Berlin [5] – Schumann, Andre, Marenzio, Vicentino, and Nono: Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Laura Aikin (soprano), Jenny Carlstedt (mezzo-soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker, Joachim Haas, and Sven Kestel (sound design), SWR Vocal Ensemble (chorus master: Michael Alber), SWR Symphony Orchestra / Peter Rundel (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 11.9.2017. (MB)

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