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Concert Reviews

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Offbeat Charms from Hamelin

10/02/201403/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Hamelin, Medtner, Schubert: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), presented by San Francisco Performances, Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco. 31.1.2-14 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

Classical Favourites Receive a Makeover in Cheltenham

10/02/201403/02/2014 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra / David Curtis (conductor), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 1.2.2014. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Enterprising Programming and Excellent Performances from the Melos Sinfonia

10/02/201403/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Panufnik, and Myaskovsky: Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffman (conductor). LSO St Luke’s, London, 31.1.2014 (MB)

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

Rare Performance of Rózsa’s Viola Concerto

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liszt, Rózsa, Dvořák: Lawrence Power (viola),  BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Anu Tali (conductor), Grand Theatre, Swansea, 31.1.2014 (NS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Neil Reeve, Swansea

Warm Reading of Janáček’s Katja Kabanova with Simon Rattle as Conductor

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

Janáček: Katja Kabanova, Staatskapelle Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Berlin Schiller Theater, 25.1.2014. (JMI)

 

Staatsoper Berlin Katja Kabanova Staatsoper    (C) BERND UHLIG
Staatsoper Berlin
Katja Kabanova
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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Berlin, JM Irurzun

Miaskovsky and Panufnik Rarities Splendidly Served in London

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Panufnik and Miaskovsky: Bartholomew Lafollette (cello), Melos Sinfonia, Oliver Zeffmann (conductor), Jerwood Hall, LSO St Luke’s, Old Street, London, 31.1.2013. (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Rob Barnett

Kodaly-Grieg-Dvorak Concert Fails to Excite

12/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kodaly, Greig, Dvorak: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andres Orozco-Estrada (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2014. (GD)

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

Exciting, Thrilling, Exhilarating Brahms from John Lill

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Schubert, Brahms: John Lill (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Douglas Boyd (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31.01.2014 (SRT)

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