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Concert Reviews

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In Istanbul, a Much Belated Premiere Executed Perfectly: Selected Works of Steve Reich.

07/05/201323/04/2013 by Stan

TurkeyTurkey Reich: sa.ne.na Ensemble (Amy Salsgiver, Kerem Oktem, Secil Kuran), Gulden Tezel (piano, synthesizer), Muge Hendekli (piano, synthesizer), Emre Gunay (percussions), ‘Reich: The Father of Minimalist Music” at Borusan Music House, Istanbul 18.04.13 (AM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Istanbul

Juan Diego Flórez and His Friends in a Barbican Gala.

07/05/201323/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Juan Diego Flórez & Friends: London Symphony Orchestra, Guillermo García Calvo (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 21.4.2013. (JPr)

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

Chagnard’s Cuban Celebration Provides Uncomplicated Pleasure

07/05/201323/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Chagnard and Mozart: Awadagin Pratt (conductor and piano), Northwest Sinfonietta, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 19.4.2013 (BJ)

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

Voices in a Garden

07/05/201323/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rameau, Monteclair, Dauvergne, Grandval, Gluck, Campra: “Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau,” Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (Director/Conductor), Harvey Gilman Opera House at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 19.4.2013 (SSM)

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

Daniele Gatti Leads a Tremendous Verdi Requiem

07/05/201322/04/2013 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi Requiem: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano); Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto); Francesco Meli (tenor); Carlo Colombara (bass-baritone); Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra; Daniele Gatti (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.4.2013 (CC)

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

A Journey from Hymn to Song with Uchida

08/02/201422/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Bach, Schoenberg, Schumann: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City, 18.4.2013 (DA)

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

Britten Opera Performance Dedicated to Sir Colin

07/05/201321/04/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Turn of the Screw (concert performance): Soloists, Members of the London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Farnes (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.4.2013 (CC)

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

HK Gruber Leads a Thrilling 20th-Century Program

07/05/201320/04/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Antheil, Gruber, Bernstein, and Stravinsky: Michael A. Werner (percussion), Seattle Symphony, HK Gruber (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 18.4.2013 (BJ)

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