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Concert Reviews

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Percussionist, Cellist Upstage Big Names at Aspen (8)

28/12/201307/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (8): Aspen Percussion Ensemble, Kyrill Gerstein (piano), American String Quartet; Harris Hall, Aspen, CO. 29-31.7.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

Shaham’s Uneven Bach Sonatas and Partitas

28/12/201307/08/2013 by Stan

 United StatesUnited States Aspen Music Festival (6): Gil Shaham (violin). Harris Hall, Aspen, Colorado. 24.7.2013 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

From the Salzburg Festival V (Manyfold Glorious Braunfels)

14/04/201406/08/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria W. Braunfels, Jeanne D’Arc: Soloists, ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Bach Chorus, Salzburg Festival & Theater Children’s Chorus, Manfred Honeck (conductor), Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, 1.8.2013 (JFL)

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Categories International Concerts, International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

Pure Joy in Shanghai

14/08/201306/08/2013 by Stan

ChinaChina  Mendelssohn, Beethoven:  Shanghai Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra,  Muhai Tang (conductor), Shanghai, China  20-7-2013 (AL)

 

Beethoven 9 Rehearsal
Beethoven 9 Rehearsal Shanghai Chorus and Orchestra

 

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Antoine Leboyer, Shanghai

Youth Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky Takes Auckland by Storm

21/08/201305/08/2013 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand  Rimsky-Korsakov, Saint-Saëns, Monti, Tchaikovsky: Richard Chen (violin), Laurence McFarlane (percussion), Auckland Youth Orchestra, Antun Poljanich (conductor); Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand, 27.07.2013 [Pse]

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Auckland, Paul Serotsky

PROM 27: The RNSO’s Substantial Prom Includes an Important Première

14/08/201305/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prom 27: Naresh Sohal, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2013 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie

From the Salzburg Festival IV (Birtwistle’s ‘Trading Places”)

14/08/201304/08/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Birtwistle: Claron McFadden (soprano), Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Klangforum Wien, University Church, Salzburg, 31.7.2013 (JFL)

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

An Excellent, Moving Gerontius at the Three Choirs Festival

14/08/201304/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Elgar:  Kai Rüütel (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass-baritone), Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington (conductor). Three Choirs Festival, Gloucester Cathedral, 3.8.2013 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, Three Choirs Festival, UK Concerts Tags Gloucester, John Quinn
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