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Concert Reviews

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EIF 22:Festival 2012 Ends With a Bang

06/02/201403/09/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ives, Feldman, Walton: Neal Davies (baritone), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor), Usher Hall, 01.09.2012 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Joyce DiDonato Debuts in Buenos Aires

27/01/201603/09/2012 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina Obradors, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Hahn, Donaudy, Di Chiara: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with David Zobel (piano), Mozarteum Argentino at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 27.8.2012. (JSJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Buenos Aires, Jonathan Spencer Jones

EIF 21: Exhilaration and Darkness from Scottish Chamber Orchestra

06/02/201402/09/2012 by Stan







United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Alina Pogostkina (violin), Anja Kampe (soprano), Willard White (bass-baritone), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 31.8.2012 (SRT)

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

Prom 64: Virtuoso Playing of Lutoslawski and Brahms

27/01/201402/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Lutosławski: Yefim Bronfman (piano); Berliner Philharmoniker/Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.8.2012. (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, Jonathan Spencer Jones

Prom 63: Rattle Successfully Takes Berlin Phil out of their Comfort Zone

27/01/201431/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ligeti, Wagner, Sibelius, Debussy, Ravel: Berlin Philharmonic / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.12 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London

Prom 57: Gatti and Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra on Fine Form

04/09/201228/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Wagner, Berg, Strauss, and Ravel: Frank-Peter Zimmermann (violin), Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 25.8.2012 (MB)

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

Impressive Brahms Performance from Jayson Gillham

06/02/201428/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Britten, Brahms: Jayson Gillham (piano), The Great Hall, Wellington School, Wellington, Somerset, 25.08.2012 (AB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Angela Boyd, Somerset

EIF 20: Purcell’s King Arthur in Concert

06/02/201428/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Purcell: King Arthur (concert performance): The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012. (SRT)

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