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Animals Take to the Stage in Ruddigore

25/08/201319/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Ruddigore: Derby G&S Company / Andrew Nicklin (conductor and director), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton 30.7.2013 (RJW)

 "I know a youth..." Photo credit Charles Smith
“I know a youth…”
Photo credit Charles Smith

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Categories Previously Published, Theatre, Musicals, Broadcasts & Films Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

Edinburgh Festival (11): Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Fauré

25/08/201318/08/2013 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (11). Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Fauré: Daniel Doolan (treble), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, 17.8.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Festivals, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Edinburgh Festival (10): The Chamber of Orchestra of Europe in Edinburgh

25/08/201318/08/2013 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (10). Strauss, Haydn, Beethoven, Chamber of Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Usher Hall, 16.08.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Festivals, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Edinburgh Festival 9: Second Helping of Schubert from Minkowski Not as Appetising as the First Course

01/03/201418/08/2013 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2013 (9) –Schubert,  Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Mark Minkowski (conductor) Usher Hall, 15.8.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Festivals, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

PROM 45: Tippett’s Midsummer Marriage at the Proms

25/08/201318/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 45, Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage: Soloists, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 16.8.2013. (JPr)

Prom 45 CR BBC Chris Christodoulou
Prom 45 CR BBC Chris Christodoulou

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Festivals, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Jim Pritchard, London

A Marriage Of Figaro Without The Fizz

13/08/202017/08/2013 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists,Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 13.8.2013. (JSJ)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jonathan Spencer Jones

PROM 44: Dutoit and the RPO Impress at the Proms

25/08/201317/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 44: Stravinsky, Penderecki, Debussy, Ravel Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Arto Noras (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor).Royal Albert Hall, London, 15,8. 2013 (CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning, London

PROM 42: The Bournemouth Symphony’s Rather Inconsistent Prom

25/08/201317/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom PROM 42 Janáček, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Sunwook Kim (piano); Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 14.8.2013 (CC)

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London
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