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MATA Kicks Off Fifteenth Festival at Iconic Gallery

07/05/201319/04/2013 by Stan

Missy Mazzoli, Tomer Hod, Elliott Carter, Joan La Barbara, Christopher McIntyre: Ana Milosavijevic (violin), Meitar Ensemble, Joan La Barbara (voice), Christopher McIntyre (trombone), Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City. 16.4.2013 (DS)

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York

A Fair Outing for the Horn

07/05/201319/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart and Bruckner: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 11.4.2013 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle

Highs and Lows in Canada National Ballet’s Romeo

13/04/201419/04/2013 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev/Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet: Dancers of the National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Briskin (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 17.4.2013. (JPr)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Mariella Devia’s Norma

22/04/201318/04/2013 by Stan

ItalyItaly Bellini, Norma: Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna. Conductor, Michele Mariotti Bologna Teatro Comunale. 16.04.2013 (JB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bologna, Jack Buckley

Strong Performance by Scottish Opera of Wagner’s Dutchman

22/04/201318/04/2013 by Stan

Wagner, The Flying Dutchman: Soloists and Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Chorus of The Flying Dutchman / Francesco Corti (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 16.4.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Brilliant Bohemia Comes to Basingstoke

22/04/201318/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dvořák, Beethoven, Smetana: Freddy Kempf (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), The Anvil, Basingstoke, 16.4. 2013 (NB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Basingstoke, Nick Barnard

Schiff, Bach—and 3,000 People Listening Breathlessly

22/04/201318/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach: András Schiff (piano), co-presented by San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Performances, Davies Hall, San Francisco. 14.4.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Unusual Mozart, Colorful Janáček and Dramatic Schumann

22/04/201317/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Janáček, Schumann: Jonathan Biss (piano), Elias String Quartet, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 10.4.2013 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger
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  • Bach, Beethoven and Schubert at Wigmore Hall reveals Ólafsson as an outstanding musician (11/09/2026) __________________________________
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