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Mariss Jansons Conducts Richard Strauss With Mixed Success

15/05/201213/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  R. Strauss: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons. Barbican Hall, London 12.5.2012 (CC)

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

Plymouth Enjoys Flawless Bach Double Concerto by Latchem and Hayek

15/05/201213/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Handel, Telemann, Bach: David Shead (trumpet), Jonathan Watts (piano), Malcolm Latchem and Caroline Hayek (violins), Ten Tors Chamber Orchestra, Simon Ible (conductor) , Sherwell Centre, Plymouth University. 11.5. 2012 (PRB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Philip R Buttall, Plymouth

Beethovenian Drama and Energy Sets Seal on SCO’s Season

15/05/201213/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, John Storgårds (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 10.5.2012 (SRT)

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

Denève takes leave of RSNO with magnificent Daphnis et Chloé

15/05/201212/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  MacMillan, R Strauss, Ravel: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11.5.2012 (SRT)

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

Gergiev and the LSO: Superb in Stravinsky

15/05/201212/05/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Stravinsky: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 11.5.2012 (Gdn)

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

Bruckner 8 Blomstedt: A Feast Of Decibels

15/05/201211/05/2012 by Stan

SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich, 10.5.2012 (JR)

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

And the Answer Is . . . Music

15/05/201211/05/2012 by Stan

GermanyGermany Ives, Schubert, Brahms: Radu Lupu (piano), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott (conductor), Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, 26.4.2012 (TKT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Hamburg, Thomas K Thornton

New York Philharmonic Comes Out Slugging in L.A.

15/05/201211/05/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Dvořák, Magnus Lindberg, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (piano), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, 9.05.2012 (LV)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Laurence Vittes, Los Angeles
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