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Concert Reviews

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A Varied Program of Baroque Music Handled Royally by Tafelmusik

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Veracini, Delalande, J. S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Marais: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, 17.3.2014

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

Welcome to Vancouver, Perry So

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

CanadaCanada Chang, Chopin and Sibelius: Louis Lortie, piano, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Perry So, conductor, Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, 15.3.2014

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

A Feast of Handel from Devon Baroque

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel:  Gail Hennessy (oboe), Devon Baroque / Jonathan Watts (director), Great Hall, Dartington. UK 16.3. 2014 (PRB)

Devon Baroque  Photo  credit Philip R Buttall
Devon Baroque
Photo credit Philip R Buttall

 

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Dartington, Philip R Buttall Leave a comment

The RNCM Do Justice to Gluck in his Tercentenary.

26/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gluck, The Drunkard Cured, Orfeo ed Euridice: Soloists, RNCM Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Roger Hamilton (conductor), Royal Northern College of Music. RNCM Studio, Manchester, 16.3.2014. (RJF)

The Drunkard Cured B - Catrin Woodruff and Adam Temple-Smith Photo (c) Paul Cliff
The Drunkard Cured B – Catrin Woodruff and Adam Temple-Smith Photo (c) Paul Cliff

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Concerts, UK Opera Tags Manchester, Robert J Farr Leave a comment

With a Director’s Instincts, Goerne and Eschenbach Tackle Schubert

24/03/201419/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Schubert: Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 5.3.2014 (DS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Daniele Sahr, New York Leave a comment

Young German Maestro Excels with a Czech Connection

24/03/201418/03/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Dvořák, Bartók, and Mozart: James Ehnes (violin), Seattle Symphony, André de Ridder (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 13.3.2014 (BJ)

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

Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler: the Best Saved Till Last

13/08/202018/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mahler: Sasha Cooke (mezzo soprano), Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.3.2014. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London Leave a comment

Subtlety Suffocated by Bombast in Kempf’s Recital

18/03/201417/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann, Mussorgsky: Freddy Kempf (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 16.1.2014 (LJ)

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