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Concert Reviews

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Jurowski and the LPO in ‘Music from Dark Times’

07/05/201328/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Webern, Berg, Martinů, and Bartók: Barbara Hannigan (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.4.2013 (MB)

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

Mozart’s Sun

07/05/201328/04/2013 by Stan

ItalyItaly Mozart Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Chorus master, Ciro Visco. Benedetto Lupo (piano). Conductor, Fabio Biondi. Sala Santa Cecilia, parco della Musica. 27-03-2013. (JB)

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

Britten Bemuses the Swiss

07/05/201327/04/2013 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Britten,War Requiem: Tonhalle Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus-master: Tim Brown), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus-master: Konrad von Aarburg) Tonhalle, Zurich 25.4.2013 (JR).

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

Memorable and Exhilarating Enesco Violin Sonata

07/05/201326/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Enesco: Gabrielle Painter (violin), Evgenia Startseva (piano). Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 14.4.13 (GPu)

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

Sparkling Playing with Gravitas from Alexandra Dariescu

07/05/201326/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chopin orch. Stravinsky, Mozart, Bartók: Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), Guild Hall, Preston, Lancashire, 23.4. 2013 (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Michael Cookson

Juan Diego Flórez: A Memorable London Recital

07/05/201326/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Juan Diego Flórez in Recital: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Vincenzo Scalera (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 24.4.2013. (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Chinary Ung at 70

09/05/201326/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Chinary Ung: New York New Music Ensemble, (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City, 16.4.2013 (BH)

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

An Evening of High-Voltage Russian Thrills

07/05/201326/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liadov, Tchaikovsky ,Prokofiev: Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Royal Festival Hall, London 23.4.2013 (RB)

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