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Interesting Lighting Effects in New Maliphant Ballets

10/06/201407/06/2014 by Stan
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Russell Maliphant

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Amar, Cowton, Mukul, Satie, Still Current: Russell Maliphant Company/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 5.6.2014 (J.O’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Dohnányi and the Philharmonia: Variable Performances but a Satisfying Culmination

10/06/201406/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Bruckner: Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano), Philharmonia, Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London,  5.6. 2014 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London 3 Comments

Concentration and Unity from Frankfurt Based Orchestra

10/06/201406/06/2014 by Stan

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Brahms, Bruckner: Hilary Hahn (violin),HR-Sinfonieorchester/Paavo Järvi, Semperoper, Dresden, Tuesday 4.6.2014 (MC)

Hilary Hahn, photo Peter Miller
Hilary Hahn, photo Peter Miller

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Categories Concert Reviews, Dresden Music Festival 2014, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Dresden, Michael Cookson Leave a comment

Carl Goldmark: In Memory of the Composer and his Work

14/02/201706/06/2014 by Stan

Goldmark  (1830 – 1915)Goldmark

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Categories Featured Articles and News, Previously Published Tags Deutschkreutz 2 Comments

Thielemann’s Simon Boccanegra : Worth theTrip to Dresden

10/06/201406/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Verdi: Simon Boccanegra, Staatskapelle and Staatsopernchor, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Dresden Semperoper 3.6.2014 (JMI)

Zeljko Lucic (Simon Boccanegra), Markus Marquardt (Paolo Albiani), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden © Matthias Creutziger
Zeljko Lucic (Simon Boccanegra), Markus Marquardt (Paolo Albiani), Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
© Matthias Creutziger

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Dresden, JM Irurzun Leave a comment

A Pianist Exploring Liszt Asks, “Who is Inspecting Whom?”

10/06/201405/06/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Liszt Inspections: Marino Formenti (piano), Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York City, 4.6.14 (DA)

Marino Formenti Photo (c) Gyula Fodor
Marino Formenti
Photo (c) Gyula Fodor

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York Leave a comment

Holland Park Opera Go West and Excel Themselves

10/06/201405/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini La fanciulla del West: Soloists; Holland Park Chorus; City of London Sinfonia/Stuart Stratford. Holland Park, Kensington, London, 3.6.2014 (CC)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

Kennedy Springs a Surprise in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

10/06/201405/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms and Beethoven: Nigel Kennedy (violin),Oxford Philomusica /  Marios Papadopoulos (conductor), New Theatre, Oxford, 3.6.2014 (CR)

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