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Concert Reviews

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Percussive Rituals Reveal Man’s Place in Numbers

13/12/201311/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bryce Dessner, Matmos, David Lang: So Percussion (Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Matmos (Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt), Zankel Hall, New York City. 23.11.2013 (DS)

 

Photo credit: Janette Beckman
So Percussion Photo credit: Janette Beckman

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Categories Concert Reviews Tags Daniele Sahr, New York Leave a comment

A Highly Cultivated Recital from Roman Rabinovich

17/12/201311/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Couperin, Ravel, Haydn, Chopin. Roman Rabinovich (piano) Wigmore Hall, London, 10.12.2013 (RB)

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

Winter Warmth from Manze, Brautigam and the RLPO

22/01/201410/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Purcell arr. Manze & Britten, Mozart: Ronald Brautigam (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (conductor), Guild Hall, City of Preston, 8.12.2013 (MC)

 

Andrew Manze, photo credit Chris Christodoulou
Andrew Manze, photo credit Chris Christodoulou

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

Musical Energy

17/12/201309/12/2013 by Stan

ItalyItaly  Schubert and Scriabin  Evgeny Kissin (piano) Schubert, Sonata in D op 53 D850; Scriabin, Sonata-fantasia no 2 in G sharp minor op 19 and Seven Studies from the Twelve Studies, op 8.  Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sala Santa Cecilia, Parco della Musica, Rome. 05.12.2013  (JB)

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

Jordan Comes Home

17/12/201309/12/2013 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Mussorgsky, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky:  Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, François-Frédéric Guy (piano), Philippe Jordan, (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 5-12-2013 (JR)

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

Llandaff Cathedral Proves to be the Ideal Setting for Welsh Sinfonia and Young Musicians

17/12/201308/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adams, Morfydd Owen, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Pärt, Elgar: Welsh Sinfonia, members of National Youth Orchestra of Wales, Mark Eager (conductor). Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.12.2013 (PCG)

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

Breathtaking Kreutzer from Čepický-Dussek Duo

13/02/201408/12/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Schumann, Beethoven: Leoš Čepický (violin) & Michael Dussek (piano), Sherwell Centre, Plymouth University, Plymouth. 7.12.2013 (PRB)

DussekCepicky credi-Philip R Buttall
DussekCepicky credi-Philip R Buttall

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

Incisive Scottish and a Triumph for Goode

08/12/201308/12/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Adès, Mozart, Mendelssohn: Richard Goode (piano), New York Philharmonic, David Zinman (conductor), Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 5.12.13 (DA)

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