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Concert Reviews

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Jonas Kaufmann: Celebrity Matched by Talent

25/02/201424/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Schumann, Wagner, Liszt: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano), Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 20.2.14 (DA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

A Tale of Two Dvorak Nines

26/02/201424/02/2014 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Prokofiev  Dvorak Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Janine Jansen (violin), David Zinman (conductor), Tonhalle   Zurich, 20.2.2014 (JR)

Janine Jansen credit Harald Hoffmann Decca Klein
Janine Jansen credit Harald Hoffmann Decca Klein

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

An Unusual Pairing of Works in the Andris Nelsons Brahms Cycle

25/02/201424/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (viola) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Martin Helmchen (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), James Rutherford (bass-baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (c0onductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.2.2014. (JPr)

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

An Impressive Debut for Huw Watkins’ Flute Concerto

25/02/201424/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Watkins and Mahler: Adam Walker (flute), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.2.2014 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Linking Strauss and Beethoven: Technique No Substitute for Meaning

25/02/201424/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States R. Strauss, Shostakovich, Beethoven: Johannes Moser (cello), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 21.2.2014 (DA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

Mozart Partners Barber and Bartók in Søndergård Concert

23/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bartók, Barber, Mozart: Alban Gerhardt (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.2.2014. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Messiaen’s Visionary Quartet Enthrals at King’s Place

25/02/201423/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Messiaen:Members of the London Sinfonietta (Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Alexandra Wood (violin), Oliver Coates (cello), John Constable (piano), Hall One, Kings Place, London, 21.2.2014 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Fabio Biondi: A Change of Clothes and Venue Performs Bach

25/02/201423/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Locatelli: Fabio Biondi (violin), Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord), Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 20.2.2014 (SSM)

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