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Concert Reviews

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Erich Höbarth and Susan Tomes: Marvellous in Mozart

29/06/201324/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart: Erich Höbarth (violin), Susan Tomes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.6.2013 (MB)

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

Two Third Symphonies by Sibelius and Lutoslawski

29/06/201324/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sibelius, Lutoslawski: Lucy Crowe (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 20.6.2013 (CT) 

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, Christopher Thomas

Ravel’s “Getting Lucky” and the Melnikov Treat

14/04/201424/06/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Bartók, Prokofiev, Ravel: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, .6.2012 (JFL)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Eight Seasons in One Concert

29/06/201323/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vivaldi, Piazzolla: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Yuri Zhislin, Carmine Lauri, Natalia Lomeiko, Oxford Philomusica, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.6.2013. (RJ)

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

Adamo’s “Gospel”: Half a Fine New Opera Better Than None

29/06/201323/06/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mark Adamo, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere): Soloists, orchestra and chorus of San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19.6.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, Los Angeles

Sons of Meyerbeer: Wagner & Dietsch & Minkowski

13/08/202021/06/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria P-L. Dietsch, Le vaisseau fantôme + R. Wagner, Flying Dutchman (1841): Soloists, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor), Vienna Konzerthaus, 1.6.2013. (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Vienna

NSO in MacMillan & Lutosławski

14/04/201421/06/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

United StatesUnited States Grieg, MacMillan, Lutosławski: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Krzysztof Urbanski (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., 20.6.2013 (JFL)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Robert R. Reilly, Washington DC

Superb Britten Parable Tryptych at Aldeburgh Festival

14/04/201421/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, The Church Parables (Curlew River, The Prodigal Son, The Burning Fiery Furnace): Soloists, Mahogany Opera, Aurora Orchestra / Roger Vignoles (music director/accompanist), Orford Church, 16-17.6.2013.(RD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Aldeburgh, Roderic Dunnett
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