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A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell – Early Music in Seattle

03/07/201126/04/2011 by Stan

A Day on the Town, A Night in Hell : Early Music Guild, Spectrum Dance Theater, and Seattle Theatre Group, Stephen Stubbs (music director), Theodore Deacon (producer and artistic director), Roberta Russell (set designer), Carl Bronsdon (costume designer), Moore Theatre, Seattle, 17.4.2011 (BJ)

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

McTee, Gerswin and Tchaikovsky in Seattle

03/07/201126/04/2011 by Stan

McTee, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky: Leonard Slatkin (conductor), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2011 (BJ)

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

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, 3D Performance (2nd Opinion)

11/08/202026/04/2011 by Stan

Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, 3D Performance (plus Varèse and Ligeti): CBSO, Ilan Volkov (Conductor), Julia Mach (Dancer) Klaus Obermaier (Concept, Artistic Direction, Choreography) ARS Electronica Futurelab (Interactive Design & Technical Development). Birmingham Symphony Hall, 22.4. 2011. (GR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Geoff Read

Blacher, Korngold, Rachmaninov with BBC NOW

03/07/201125/04/2011 by Stan

Blacher, Korngold, Rachmaninov : BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba (conductor), Matthew Trussler (violin), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 21.4.2011. (RJ)

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

The Rite of Spring with 3D Images

03/07/201124/04/2011 by Stan

Varèse, Ligeti, Stravinsky: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Julia Mach (dancer), Klaus Obermaier (concept, artistic direction, choreography) Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.4.2011 (CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published Tags Christopher Gunning, London

More ‘Mozart Unwrapped’ with the Chilingirian Quartet and Yuko Inoue

03/07/201123/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart: Chilingirian Quartet with Yuko Inoue, Kings Place, London, 14.4.2011 (GD)

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

Norway’s Pride: The Bergen Philharmonic in Shostakovich

03/07/201123/04/2011 by Stan

Hvoslev, Mozart, Shostakovich: Hélène Grimaud (piano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) Grieg Hall, Oslo, 14.04.2010 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bergen, Jens F. Laurson

Birtwistle and Dowland with Klangforum Wien

03/07/201123/04/2011 by Stan

Birtwistle and Dowland – ‘Sterben werd’ ich, um zu leben’: Marisol Montalvo (soprano), Klangforum Wien, Peter Rundel (conductor). Werner-Otto-Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin, 18.4.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Mark Berry, Vienna
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