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Concert Reviews

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EIF 18: Rhythmic Bartók and Riskfree Mahler from Fischer

06/02/201427/08/2012 by Stan

 






United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Mahler: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2012 (SRT)

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

EIF 17: Schwanewilms and Martineau Complement Each Other in Morning of Song

18/01/201426/08/2012 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Wolf and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2012 (SRT)

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

EIF 16: Gustav Mahler Orchestra Impresses Despite Leaden Conducting

18/01/201426/08/2012 by Stan


 

 

 

 


United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Mahler: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Usher Hall, 24.8.2012. (SRT)

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

Prom 52: Gergiev’s Disappointingly Inconsistent Cinderella at the Proms

27/08/201226/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 52: Prokofiev, Cinderella, London Symphony Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2012 (CC)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Concert Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Colin Clarke, London

Prom 50: Imaginative Programming from Vänskä and the BBC SO

27/08/201226/08/2012 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius, Nielsen: Michael Collins (basset clarinet), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), 20 .8.2012. (GD)

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

Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 11

01/09/201224/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms Matthias Goerne (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 15.8.2012 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

Notes from the 2012 Salzburg Festival – 10

06/02/201424/08/2012 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Zimmermann, Cerha Austrian Ensemble for New Music, Johannes Kalitzke (conductor), University Auditorium, Salzburg, 15.8.2012 (JFL)

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

Prom 54: An Offering for the Queen, Idyllic Delius, and Shattering Shostakovich.

27/08/201224/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 54: Davis, Delius Shostakovich:Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2012 (CG)

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