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Father and Son: Walter Weller conducts an André Christen work with BBCNOW

11/10/201109/05/2011 by Stan

Christen, Prokofiev, Dvořák: John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Walter Weller (conductor), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 7 .5.2011 (NHR)

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

Leif Segerstam and the London Schools Symphony Orchestra

03/07/201108/05/2011 by Stan
Berlioz, Britten, Sibelius, Respighi: Pia Segerstam (cello), London Schools Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor). Barbican Hall 27.4.2011 (KC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Ken Carter, London

The Center Can Hold: Strong Strauss Surrounded By Weaker Works

03/07/201107/05/2011 by Stan

Villa-Lobos, Strauss, and Prokofiev: Seattle Symphony musicians and guests, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, Seattle, 22.4.2011 (BJ) 

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

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra visits Manchester

03/07/201107/05/2011 by Stan

Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Alexei Stepanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 04.05.2011 (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Manchester, Michael Cookson

Maazel and the Philharmonia in Mahler’s Fifth and Das Knaben Wunderhorn

03/07/201107/05/2011 by Stan

Mahler: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.5.2011 (CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning, London

This the Viola – Boccherini, Schubert, Britten and Brahms in Rome

03/07/201107/05/2011 by Stan

This the Viola – Boccherini, Schubert, Britten and Brahms: Daniel Palmizio (viola) and Giacamo Ronchini (piano): Oratorio del Gonfalone, Rome, 5.5.2011(JB)

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

American Songs at Herbst Theater in San Francisco

03/07/201107/05/2011 by Stan

American Songs: Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Warren Jones (piano), Paul Brown (fiddle and banjo), presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Theater, San Francisco. 4.5.2011 (HS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Harvey Steiman, San Francisco

RSNO Season Culminates with Beethoven and Adams’ 9/11 Commemoration

22/02/201406/05/2011 by Stan

Adams, Beethoven: Sabina Cvilak (sop), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Charles Castronovo (tenor), Tómas Tómasson (bar), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.05.2010 (SRT)

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Categories Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson
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