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Concert Reviews

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Northwest Sinfonietta Plays While the Audience Sips

20/05/201320/05/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Kodály, Bruch, and Mendelssohn: Mayuko Kamio (violin), Northwest Sinfonietta, Christophe Chagnard (conductor), Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, Washington, 12.5.2013 (BJ)

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

Fitkin Finale for Vale of Glamorgan Festival

20/05/201320/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Narboni, Metcalf, Pécou, Bryars, Fitkin: Percussion Claviers de Lyon, All Saints Church, Penarth, 17.5.2013 (PCG)

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

Energy and Verve in Sir Andrew’s Elijah

20/05/201320/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Elijah: Lisa Milne (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), RSNO Chorus, RSNO Junior Chorus,Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 18.5.2013 (SRT)

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

Vladimir Jurowski on Variable Form with the LPO

20/05/201320/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.5.2013 (CC)

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

Two Pollini Recitals with an Extraordinary “Appassionata”

20/05/201319/05/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven: Maurizio Pollini (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 21.4.2013 and 5.5.2013 (DA)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags David Allen, New York

English Pastoralism in Qigang Chen Work

20/05/201319/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Currier, Bowden, Chen:Julian Warburton (percussion), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Baker (conductor), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 15.5.2013 (PCG)

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

Isabelle Faust Delivers Shattering Performance of Britten Masterpiece

20/05/201318/05/2013 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Mendelssohn, Britten: Isabelle Faust (violin) , Tonhalle Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Zurich 16.5.2013 (JR)

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

Extraordinary Musicianship from Faust and Melnikov

20/05/201317/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Bartok, Brahms: Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.5.2013 (GD)

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