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More Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet

03/07/201127/04/2011 by Stan

Mozart Unwrapped: Mozart and the Clarinet. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Martin Fröst (clarinet), Kenneth Sillito (director). King’s Place, London.13.4.2011 (KC)

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

Abbado and Argerich play Debussy and Ravel for President Giorgio Napolitano

21/09/201826/04/2011 by Stan

Debussy, Ravel: Orchestra Mozart and Mahler Chamber Orchestra with the Estonian Philharmonic Choir, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 21.4.2011. (JB)

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

Yevgeny Sudbin plays Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel

03/07/201126/04/2011 by Stan

Haydn, Shostakovich, Chopin, Liszt, and Ravel: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Meany Hall, Seattle, 20.4.2011 (BJ)

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

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
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