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Concert Reviews

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Simone Young Impresses Again in Birmingham

19/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Sibelius, Debussy, Stravinsky: James Ehnes (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 16.2.2013 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

Orchestre de Paris Plays Russian Music

12/04/201418/02/2013 by Stan

FranceFrance Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Orchestre de Paris, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Salle Pleyel, Paris, 13.2.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Paris, Simon Thompson

Sensual and Brilliant Alice Coote in Donizetti’s La Favorite

18/02/201318/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, La Favorite: Soloists, Orchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paolo Arrivabeni (conductor), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris,12.2.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Paris, Simon Thompson

Fascinating Double Bill at Palais Garnier

18/02/201317/02/2013 by Stan

FranceFrance  Zemlinsky, Ravel: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Opéra National de Paris, Paul Daniel (conductor), Opéra Garnier, Paris, 11.2.2013 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Paris, Simon Thompson

Masterful Rachmaninoff from Simon Trpčeski

18/02/201317/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninoff, Simon Trpčeski (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Agrest (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London. 15.2.2013 (CD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Carl Dowthwaite, London

Three Friends in a Fête à la Française

18/02/201316/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Saint–Saëns, Fauré, Debussy, Delibes, Hahn, Berlioz, Messager, Offenbach: Renée Fleming (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Bradley Moore (piano), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 27.1.2013 (BH)

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

Score: Brahms and Rossini, 2 – Carter and Schumann, 0

18/02/201314/02/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Carter, Brahms, Schumann, and Rossini: Nicholas Angelich (piano), Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 10.2.2013 (BJ)

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

No Museum Pieces or Elitism in Erato’s Museum Recital

18/02/201314/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Suk, Brahms: The Erato Piano Trio [Irina Botan (piano), Yuri Kaltnis (violin), Julia Morneweg (cello)], Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 10.2.2013.(GPu)

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