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Concert Reviews

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Boulez and Cage, Talking to Each Other

22/10/201220/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Boulez and Cage: Jessica Aszodi (mezzo soprano), International Contemporary Ensemble, Steven Schick (conductor), Miller Theatre at Columbia University, New York City, 20.9.2012 (BH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Intriguing Elgar from Vasily Petrenko

22/10/201220/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven and Elgar: Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 18.10.2012 (MB)

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

Baroque in Pieces, But Nothing Broken Here

22/10/201219/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Biber, Albinoni, Bach St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Krista Bennion Feeney (violin), Melanie Feld (oboe), Stephen Taylor (oboe), The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (12,17,19-10-2012) (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

Sandrine Piau’s Delectable Mozart

23/10/201219/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ruhe Sanft: A Mozart Kaleidoscope Sandrine Piau (soprano), The Orchestra of Classical Opera, Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London. 15.10.2012 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London

Strong Performance from Academy of St Martin in Cardiff

22/10/201219/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn: The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Joshua Bell (violin and director), St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 18.10.2012 (PCG)

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

A ‘Scottish’ Flavoured Concert from Joshua Bell

22/10/201216/10/2012 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Bruch, Mendelssohn: Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 14.10.2012 (GR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read

London Philharmonic and Sinaisky on Top Form at Swansea Festival

22/10/201216/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Sibelius: Chloe Hanslip (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vassily Siniasky (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 13.10.2012 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Glyn Pursglove, Swansea

Wine-Tasting and the Red Priest

22/10/201215/10/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach and Vivaldi: Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor and harpsichord), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 12.10.2010 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Seattle
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