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Concert Reviews

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Substitutes Nielsen, Svendsen and Jensen Greeted with Cheers

01/06/201401/05/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nielsen, Tchaikovsky, Svendsen:Leonard Elschenbroch (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 19.4.2014 (PCG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey Leave a comment

Mesmerizing with Mozart, Holst—and Silence

01/06/201401/05/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Holst: Canton Symphony Orchestra, Gerhardt Zimmermann (conductor), Umstattd Performing Arts Hall, Canton, Ohio, 26.04.2014 (TW)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Canton, Tom Wachunas Leave a comment

Pianist Stephen De Pledge Tells the Truth about Love

01/06/201401/05/2014 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand    Granados, Schumann, Wagner arr. Liszt, R. Strauss arr. De Pledge, Anthony Ritchie, Prokofiev, Debussy: Stephen De Pledge (piano); The Old Library, Whangarei, 27.4.2014 [Pse]

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Whangarei Leave a comment

Latin American High Points in a Wayward Recital by Sergio Tiempo

01/06/201430/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms, Beethoven, Debussy, Prokofiev, Chopin, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Ginastera: Sergio Tiempo (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall,  29.04.2014 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie Leave a comment

A Stimulating Programme by Members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain  at Wigmore Hall

01/06/201430/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Kurtág, Berg, Robin Members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain (Odile Auboin, viola; Alain Billard, clarinet/bass clarinet; Dimitri Vassilakis (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 27.04.2014 (CC)

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

Too Tame and Too Well-Behaved: Juilliard415 Plays Corelli

01/06/201430/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Corelli: Juilliard415, Monica Huggett (director), Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 25.4.2014 (SSM)

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

Young Singers Showcase Talents in  Day of Song

01/06/201429/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Fin de Siècle – A Day of Song: Royal Northern College of Music. Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. 27.4.2014.

Day of Song (Lauren Fielder, Benjamin Lewis, Joanna Norman, Kang Wang with pianist Roderick Barrand) credit Paul Cliff
Day of Song (Lauren Fielder, Benjamin Lewis, Joanna Norman, Kang Wang with pianist Roderick Barrand) credit Paul Cliff

 

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Magnificent Playing from Manchester Camerata in New Concert Venue

01/06/201429/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grieg, Tom Harrold, Mozart, Shchedrin: Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Manchester Camerata/Gábor Takács-Nagy, Albert Hall, Manchester, 27.4. 2014 (MC)

Photo credit: Manchester Camerata
Photo credit: Manchester Camerata

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