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Philadelphia Orchestra Repertoire: Plus ça change . . .

30/01/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rachmaninoff and Turnage: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.1.2015 (BJ)

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Whose Tosca?

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Puccini: Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 24.1.2015 (JLZ)

Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Tosca © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015
Brian Jagde in “Tosca” at Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz Leave a comment

A Slimmed-Down Mozart Piano Concerto is a Delight.

10/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Suk, Shostakovich, Schubert, Mozart.  Fitzwilliam Quartet [Lucy Russell (violin), Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin), Alan George (viola), Heather Tuach (cello)] Anna Tilbrook (piano) Hall One, Kings Place, London. 25.1.2015 (LB)

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Categories Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Leon Bosch, London 1 Comment

MacGregor Traces Her Musical Development with Personal Selection of Works

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Shostakovich, Chopin, Ives, Monk, Piazzolla, Pärt: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 23.1.2015. (CR)

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An Imaginative Hansel and Gretel That’s Solid Musically with Well-Suited Cast

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

SpainSpain Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel, Teatro Real Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 24.01.2015 (JMI)

 

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The LSO on Top Form for Robin Ticciati

07/02/201526/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hosokawa, Ravel and Mahler: Simon Trpčeski (piano), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 25.1.2015 (AS)

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Assessing Two Pianists—in One

27/01/201523/01/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Beethoven, Schoenberg, Schumann, and Berg: Jonathan Biss (piano), Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 22.1.2015 (BJ)

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A Coup for the NY Philharmonic: Esa-Pekka Salonen Named Composer-in-Residence Through 2017-2018

17/11/201523/01/2015 by Stan

ALAN GILBERT AND THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
2015-16 SEASON

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags New York Leave a comment
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