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All non-UK concert reviews

Evgene Kissin: the Light and Dark of It

05/11/201203/11/2012 by Stan

ItalyItaly  Evgene Kissin (piano) A recital at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Sala Santa Cecilia, Rome 01-11-2012. (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome

Wang and Tilson Thomas Take Prokofiev for a Wild Ride

05/11/201202/11/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Harrison: Yuja Wang (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 31.10.2012 (HS)

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

Vänskä Leads a Mixed Brahms Bag

05/11/201231/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Brahms: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor). Symphony Center, Chicago, 19.10.2012 (JLZ)

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

An Emotional and Apt Memorial to Hans-Werner Henze

05/11/201229/10/2012 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Busoni, Mahler: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor),  Tonhalle, Zurich, 28.10.2012 (JR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich

Russian chill hits Zurich in October

12/04/201429/10/2012 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra Moscow, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor), Teo Gheorghiu (piano),  Tonhalle, Zurich, 27.10.2012 (JR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich

Auckland Youth Orchestra Send Audience Home Buzzing

06/11/201229/10/2012 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Beethoven, Ellis, Shostakovich: Tracey Barnier-Willis (mezzo), Emma Couper (soprano), Olivia Francis (violin), Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor) Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 29.9.2012 (PSe)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Paul Serotsky, Whangarei

Tharaud’s Varied Program from Scarlatti to Ravel

14/01/201529/10/2012 by Stan

 United StatesUnited States Scarlatti, Ravel, Chopin, Liszt: Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Weill Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 24.10.2012 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

For Debussy’s 150th Birthday, High on the Wow Meter

12/12/201228/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Debussy: Craig Sheppard (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 23.10.2012 (BJ)

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