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Concert Reviews

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Salonen’s Perceptive Beethoven – and with a Twist!

01/10/201201/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Kurtág, Beethoven: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Giselle Allen (soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), James Rutherford (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.9.2012 (CC)

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

Sir Colin Davis’s 85th Birthday Celebrated in His Absence

01/10/201229/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Strauss, and Elgar: Concert in Honour of Sir Colin Davis’s 85th birthday Sally Matthews (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Gordan Nikolitch (director), Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 27.9.2012 (MB)

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

Conviction Meets Poetry: Alexander Romanovsky in Rome

01/10/201229/09/2012 by Stan

ItalyItaly Alexander Romanovsky (piano). Teatro Olimpico Rome, The Uto Ughi per Roma Festival , 27.9.2012 (JB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jack Buckley, Rome

London’s Bloomsbury Festival (19th-20th October): Free Attendance for All

27/02/201427/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  London’s Bloomsbury Festival (19th-20th October)

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The London Philharmonic’s Disappointing Season Opener

01/10/201227/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Strauss and Zemlinsky: Soloists, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.9.2012 (MB)

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

Juilliard Faculty Passes Their Senior Performance Test

01/10/201227/09/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Telemann, Forqueray, Blavet, Rameau: Juilliard Baroque, Monica Huggett (violin),Sandra Miller (flute), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord), Paul Hall, Juilliard School, New York, 24.9.2012 (SSM)

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

Ludovic Morlot’s Musical Travelogue

01/10/201227/09/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Berlioz, Martinů, Debussy, and Respighi: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot (conductor), Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 21.9.2012 (BJ)

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

Delicate Insights in Performance of Beethoven Violin Concerto

01/10/201226/09/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven: Sara Trickey (violin), Welsh Sinfonia / Mark Eager, (conductor), Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 22.9.2012 (PCG)

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