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Concert Reviews

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Substitute Soloist and Conductor disappoint at the Royal Festival Hall

28/07/201110/07/2011 by Stan

Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky: Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Vasquez (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.6.2011 (GD)

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

BBC Young Generation Artist Piemontese impresses with Debussy and Schumann

10/07/201108/07/2011 by Stan

City of London Festival  2011 – Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). St Mary Abchurch, London, 6.7.2011 (MB)

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

Mumbles Symphony Orchestra begins to make its mark

11/10/201108/07/2011 by Stan

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Glazunov, Bizet: Mumbles Symphony Orchestra, All Saints’ Church, Oystermouth, Kristine Balanas (violin), David John,(conductor), 2.7.2011 (NHR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Neil Reeve, Swansea

Cheltenham Music Festival 2011 – A menacing Boesch and a demented Spence stun audiences

10/07/201107/07/2011 by Stan

Loewe, Schubert, Mahler : Florian Boesch (baritone) with Roger Vignoles, Pittville Pump Room, 30.6.2011 (RJ)

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Schumann, Janáček : Toby Spence (tenor), Helen Sherman (mezzo-soprano) with Julian Milford (piano). Pittville Pump Room, 3.7.2011 (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

An American Celebration at the Olympic Music Festival

13/07/201107/07/2011 by Stan

An American Celebration – Cohan, Michel, Walker , Ives, Friedrich, Bernstein, Hawkins, Cannon, Sousa, and trad: Mosaic Brass Quintet; Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA, 4.7.2010 (BJ)

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

In New York, Two Quartets with Premieres and Sounds from Far North

13/07/201107/07/2011 by Stan

Arctic Sounds : Mivos Quartet, Redshift, Kathy Turco (recorded sounds), Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 29.6.2011 (BH)

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

Aspen Music Festival 2011 – The Opening Weekend

13/07/201106/07/2011 by Stan

Aspen Music Festival (1): McGegan, Rhys have fun with Mendelssohn; Marsalis brings Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra to Aspen; Feltsman plays Rachmaninov 2. 4.7.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Aspen, Harvey Steiman

Das Lied von der Erde at Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival

13/07/201106/07/2011 by Stan

Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde at the Grant Park Music Festival: Grant Park Orchestra, Alexandra Petersamer (mezzo soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Carlos Kalmar (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor), Harris Theater, Chicago, 2.7.2011 (JLZ).

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz
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