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Concert Reviews

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Brahms and Liszt Lieder from Kirschlager and Thibaudet

29/01/201422/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Liszt: Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2014 (CC)

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

Hoddinott Hall Celebrates its Fifth Anniversary with a Mixed Programme

29/01/201422/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hoddinott, Mozart, Holt, Parry, Bernstein: Rosemary Joshua* (soprano), BBC National Orchestra and Chorus+ of Wales/Grant Llewellyn (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 21.1.2014 (PCG)

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

Spirited and Invigorating Playing by Federico Colli

29/01/201422/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hindemith, Beethoven, Brahms: Federico Colli (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 17.1.2014 (MC)

Federico Colli, Leeds International Piano Competition 2012, photo SWpix.com
Federico Colli, Leeds International Piano Competition 2012, photo SWpix.com

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Michael Cookson, Preston

Musical UFO Spotted in Geneva

22/01/2014 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stravinsky, Mozart, Purcell and Ellington: Geneva Camerata, Yaron Herman (Jazz Piano), David Greilsammer (Piano and Conductor), Batiment des Forces Motrices, 16.01.2014

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Categories Concert Reviews Tags Antoine Leboyer, Geneva

Safe Beethoven but Exciting Brahms from Joshua Bell

22/01/201421/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Beethoven, Brahms: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell (director/solo violin), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.01.2014 (SRT)

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

Feeling His Way

22/01/201421/01/2014 by Stan

ItalyItaly Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt. Vitaly Pisarenko (piano) The Keyboard Charitable Trust at the Teatro Ghione, Rome.  19.01.2014  (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome

Haitink’s Mastery Undiminished

22/01/201421/01/2014 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mahler:  Tonhalle Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Tonhalle,  Zurich  (JR)

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

Collegial Virtuosity from Rachel Barton Pine

22/01/201421/01/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Vivaldi, Telemann, Handel, and Pisendel: Rachel Barton Pine (director, violin, viola d’amore), Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Town Hall, Seattle, 18.1.2014 (BJ)

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