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Concert Reviews

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Tabea Zimmermann’s Prodigious Talent Showcased at Wigmore Hall

17/06/201413/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Kurtág, Reger, Hindemith: Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.6.2014 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London Leave a comment

Supercharged Alpensinfonie from Staatkapelle in Dresden

17/06/201412/06/2014 by Stan

GermanyGermany Wolfgang Rihm, Richard Strauss: Anja Harteros (soprano), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann, (conductor), Semperoper, Dresden,  8.6.2014.

 

Anja Hartero  Photo:Nils Foltynowics
Anja Hartero
Photo:Nils Foltynowics

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Categories International Concerts, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Dresden, Michael Cookson Leave a comment

Evgeny Kissin in Recital: Very Interesting but Not Yet Quite the Real Deal

17/06/201412/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Scriabin. Evgeny Kissin (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 10.6.2014 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

A Compelling Evening with the Endellion Quartet

17/06/201412/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Haydn, Britten Brahms: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), the Endellion String Quartet [Andrew Watkinson & Ralph da Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)], Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 10.6.2014 (CS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Claire Seymour, London Leave a comment

A Rare Offenbach Work Gets Its UK Premiere at Garsington

17/06/201411/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Offenbach, Vert Vert –  Opéra bouffe in 3 acts (1869): Soloists, Garsington Opera Orchestra & Chorus/David Parry (conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 9.6.2014  (RJF)

 

Set of Vert-Vert

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Categories Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Robert J Farr, Wormsley 1 Comment

Young Musicians Negotiate Messiaen with Conviction and Panache

13/08/202011/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Petrie, Messiaen: Glendower Quartet (Emily Dellit, violin; Hannah Morgan, clarinet; William Imbert, cello; Thomas Besnard, piano), Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 18.5.2014.

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove Leave a comment

Ibragimova and Osborne Unite for an Exceptional Recital

17/06/201410/06/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Prokofiev, Pärt: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 7.6.2014 (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London Leave a comment

Latin American Composers Raise the Temperature

10/06/201409/06/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Piazzolla, Ginastera, Golijov, Falla: Concert:nova, Flamenco Louisville, Company on Eastern, Cincinnati, Ohio. 6.6. 2014. (RDA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Cincinnati, Rafael de Acha Leave a comment
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