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Concert Reviews

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Arditti Quartet Does Best With Bartók

24/04/201218/04/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Berg, Adès, Bartók: Arditti Quartet, presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 12.4.2012 (HS)

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

Gheorghiu and Alagna Captívate at Teatro Colón

10/03/202317/04/2012 by Stan

ArgentinaArgentina  Cilèa, Puccini, Mascagni, Catalani: Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, Ramón Tebar (conductor), Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 11.4.2012. (JSJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jonathan Spencer Jones

Itzhak Perlman Conducts in San Francisco

17/04/201217/04/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Itzhak Perlman (violin and conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 11.4.2012 (HS)

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

Arditti Quartet Does Best With Bartók

17/04/201217/04/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Berg, Adès, Bartók: Arditti Quartet, presented by San Francisco Performances, Herbst Hall, San Francisco. 12.4.2012 (HS)

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

Bernarda Fink Contributes to the Wigmore Hall’s Dvořák Plus Series

17/04/201216/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Dvořák, Brahms, Škerjanc, Ipavec, Lajovic: Bernarda Fink (mezzo- soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) Wigmore Hall, London. 13.4.2012 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London

Impressive Sibelius from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Søndergård

17/04/201216/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sibelius, Dvarionas: Vadim Gluzman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 13.4.12 (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London

The Dream of Gerontius, Well and Eloquently Served in Birmingham

15/02/201413/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Sir Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38:  Soloists, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor). Symphony Hall, Birmingham 12.4.2012 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

An Impressive Recital by the Tokyo String Quartet and Andreas Haefliger

17/04/201213/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Debussy, Brahms: Tokyo String Quartet, Andreas Haefliger (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 10.4.2012 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie
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