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Mark Berry

PHACE Present a Multi-Faceted Tribute to Pierre Boulez

22/06/201716/06/2017 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Boulez, Fedele, Winkler, Baticci, Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Oehring, Schiphorst, Reiter, and Francesconi: Isabel Pfefferkorn (contralto), PHACE / Simeon Pironkoff (conductor). Berio-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 13.6.2017. (MB)

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The Vienna Philharmonic on Fine Form in Brahms and Widmann

14/06/201711/06/2017 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Brahms and Widmann: Dieter Flury (flute), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9.6.2017. (MB)

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The Music of Boulez and Carter in Fascinating Conjunction

14/06/201711/06/2017 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Boulez and Carter: oenm (österrichsches ensemble für neue musik) / Johannes Kalitzke (conductor). Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 7.6.2017. (MB)

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Quite Outstanding Performances of Beethoven and Franck

12/06/201707/06/2017 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Beethoven and Franck: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (director). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 6.6.2017. (MB)

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Pierre Boulez Celebrated in Vienna

09/06/201703/06/2017 by Mark Berry

AustriaAustria Boulez, Ibert, Pintscher, and Debussy: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Baldur Brönnimann (conductor). Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 1.6.2017. (MB)

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Complementary Octets by Schubert and Widmann

06/06/201729/05/2017 by Mark Berry

GermanyGermany Schubert and Widmann: Boulez Ensemble, Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, 28.5.2017 (MB)

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Muti’s Tchaikovsky is Refreshing in its Integrity

31/05/201726/05/2017 by Mark Berry

GermanyGermany Schubert and Tchaikovsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (conductor). Philharmonie, Berlin, 24.5.2017. (MB)

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A Compelling Modernist Realisation of L’incoronazione di Poppea

22/04/202220/05/2017 by Mark Berry

GermanyGermany Monteverdi (arr. Kats-Chernin) – L’incoronazione di Poppea: Soloists, Orchestra of the Komische Oper, Berlin / Matthew Toogood (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin, 19.5.2017. (MB)

Photo credit: Iko Freese.
Komische Oper’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (c) Iko Freese.

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