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Concert Reviews

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A Buchbinder & Gatti Burleske in Munich

21/01/201417/01/2014 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Hindemith, Strauss, Wagner: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Daniele Gatti (conductor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 9.1.2014 (JFL)

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Categories International Concerts Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Powerful Hallucinations at the Prototype Festival

18/02/201416/01/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Jonathon Berger, Visitations: “Theotokia” and “The War Reporter”: Soloists, Christopher Rountree (music director). Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, 11.1.2014. (DS)

 

War Reporter 2

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

James MacMillan’s New Viola Concerto Premièred in London

11/02/201416/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   MacMillan and Mahler: Lawrence Power (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.1.2014. (JPr)

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

A Moving Winterreise from Gerald Finley and Julius Drake

22/01/201416/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Julius Drake (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 15.1.2014 (RB)

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

A Disappointing Tristan and Isolde

22/01/201416/01/2014 by Stan
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Marc Piollet   (Conductor), Madrid Teatro Real, 12.1.2014 (JMI)
Tristan und Isolde Photo Javier Real
Tristan und Isolde Photo Javier del Real

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun, Madrid

Capuçon and Buniatishvili: An Outstanding Recital

22/01/201415/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Bartók, and Beethoven: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.1.2014 (MB)

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

Mature and Persuasive Playing from Simone Lamsma

17/01/201414/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Simone Lamsma (violin), Hallé/Nikolaj Znaider (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Sunday 12th January 2014 (MC)

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

A Rewarding Overview of Brahms the Song Composer.

17/01/201414/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms: Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 13.1.2014 (MB)

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