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Manchester’s Grand Duke Comes to Buxton

19/02/201401/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Grand Duke: Manchester University Gilbert & Sullivan Society / James Hendry, (conductor),  Buxton G&S Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Buxton, England,  28.7.2013  (RJW)

 

Buxton MUGSS GrandDuke Photo Charles Smith
Buxton MUGSS Grand Duke
Photo: Andrew Simner & Jonathan Hunter

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

Good Staging and Choreography in Buxton’s Pirates

14/08/201301/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance: G & S Opera Company/Andrew Nicklin (conductor), John Savournin (director & choreographer), Buxton Gilbert & Sullivan Festival, Opera House, Buxton, 28.7.2013 (RJW)

G&S Pirates 29.7.13
G&S Pirates. Photo Credit Charles Smith

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker

Local Boy Makes Very Good in Gloucester

19/02/201401/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Verdi. Emma Bell (soprano), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Three Choirs Festival. Gloucester Cathedral, 29.7.2013 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts Tags Gloucester, John Quinn

Honesty and Sensibility in Kovacevich Recital

14/08/201331/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Beethoven, Schubert: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 30.7.2013 (CR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Curtis Rogers, Oxford

Plumbing Depth in Bruch, Finding Elegance in Elgar

06/01/201431/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (4): Aspen Chamber Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Gil Shaham (violin), Aspen Festival Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Aspen, Colorado. 18-20.7.2013 (HS) 

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

An Octet, a Pianist and a Brass Quintet Walk Into a Concert Hall

31/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (3): Faculty artists, Aspen Philharmonic, Robert Spano (conductor), American Brass Quintet. Aspen, Colorado, 15-17.7.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

Lincoln Center Festival: A Longtime Explorer Turns 60

18/09/201331/07/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Zorn @ 60: The Holy Visions: Soloists, John Zorn (composer and organist), Alice Tully Hall, New York City. 18.7.2013 (DS)

Lincoln Center Festival 2013
John Zorn at the Alice Tully Hall organ (Photo: Stephanie Berger)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York

English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.

14/02/201731/07/2013 by Stan

English Touring Opera Takes to the Road with Agrippina, Jason and Poppea.

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published Tags England, John Quinn
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