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Concert Reviews

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Wolf-Ferrari Violin Concerto: an Italian Premiere

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

ItalyItaly Wolf-Ferrari:  Laura Marzadori (violinist), Orchestra Citta di Ferrara, Marco Zuccarini (conductor ), Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Italy, 14.4,2012 (ALP)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Ferrara

Auckland Youth Symphony’s Scheherazade Seduces Whangarei at the Second Attempt

26/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

New ZealandNew Zealand Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov: Auckland Youth Symphony Orchestra, Albee Ai (bassoon), Antun Poljanich (conductor); Exhibition Hall, Forum North, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, 15.4.2012 [Pse]

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New Zealand, Paul Serotsky

Elongated Elation: Mahler 3rd with Iván Fischer

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

GermanyGermany Mahler: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Iván Fischer (conductor), Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonic Chorus, Bad Tölz Boys’ Choir, Philharmonic Hall Gasteig, Munich, 21.4.2012 (JFL)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Munich

Homage and Reminiscence on John Ireland Anniversary

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Ireland, Liszt, Poulenc: Mark Bebbington (piano), City Museum & Art Gallery, Plymouth, 19.4.2012 (PRB)

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

Barenboim’s Mozart and Bruckner Disappoint

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner:  Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor and soloist), Royal Festival Hall, London, 16.4.2012 (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London

A Probing Conclusion to Barenboim’s Bruckner Series in London

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart and Bruckner: Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.4.2012 (MB)

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

Järvi Features Neglected Scottish Composer in a Varied Programme

24/04/201222/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom McEwen, Beethoven, Sibelius: Christian Blackshaw (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 20.4.2012 (SRT)

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

Rachmaninoff and Elgar, Bridged

26/01/201420/04/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

United StatesUnited States Bridge, Rachmaninoff, Elgar: Stephen Hough (piano), Andrew Litton (conductor), National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, DC. 19.4.2012 (RRR)

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Categories International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Robert R. Reilly, Washington DC
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