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Concert Reviews

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Late Start and Wagner Tubas Undermine Imaginative Bruckner/Messiaen Concert

01/06/201427/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruckner, Messiaen:Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lothar Koenigs (conductor). St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. 25.4.2014 (PCG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey 4 Comments

Levit Displays Subtlety and Depth in Tchaikovsky “War Horse”

01/06/201426/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev: Igor Levit (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, James Feddeck (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25.4.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson Leave a comment

Sunny, Confident Benedetti Pleases the Home Crowd

01/06/201425/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 24.04.2014 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson Leave a comment

Tonal Beauty From Muller-Schott And Trpceski

01/06/201425/04/2014 by Stan

CanadaCanada  Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin, Daniel Müller-Schott, cello, Simon Trpčeski, piano, Vancouver Playhouse, 22.4.2014.

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Geoffrey Newman, Vancouver Leave a comment

Karabits and the RPO on Top Form

01/06/201423/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Elgar, Rimsky Korsakov: Steven Isserlis (cello), Clio Gould (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 22.4.2014 (CS)

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

Federico Colli’s Exciting Queen ELizabeth Hall Debut

01/06/201423/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann. Federico Colli (piano), Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 22.3.2014 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie 1 Comment

Idiomatic, Stylish Command from Denève and Lewis

26/04/201423/04/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States MacMillan, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff: Paul Lewis (piano), Seattle Symphony, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.4.2014 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle Leave a comment

UK-Based Choir and Singers Perform Ukrainian Music in Kiev

13/08/202022/04/2014 by Stan

UkraineUkraine Stetsenko and Other Composers: The Bulava Chorus and Soloists / Pavlo Hunka (Director),  Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Kiev, 20.4.2014. (RD)

Pavlo Hunka conducting the Bulava Chorus
Pavlo Hunka conducting the Bulava Chorus

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Kiev, Roderic Dunnett 2 Comments
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