Concert Reviews

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The Secret of the Factory is a heartwarming Gothenburg Christmas tale

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SwedenSweden Anders Wängdahl’s The Secret of the Factory (Fabrikens hemlighet): Gothenburg Opera Soloists and Youth Choir / Sergej Bolkhovets (conductor). Gothenburg Opera main stage, 12.12.2024. (NS)

Dreamcatcher Selene (centre, Mia Karlsson, centre) and Gothenburg Opera Youth Chorus © Lennart Sjöberg

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The American Classical Orchestra leaps forward in time with ‘The Art of the Touch’

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United StatesUnited States Various – ‘The Art of the Touch’: Sandra Miller (flute), Masayuki Maki (clavichord), Chaeyoung Park (piano), Avi Stein (harpsichord), American Classical Orchestra. The Salmagundi Club, New York, 6.12.2024. (RP)

Sandra Miller (flute) and Avi Stein (harpsichord) © American Classical Orchestra

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WNO petitions to stop the cuts in A Christmas Chorus with RWCMD students

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various – A Chorus Christmas: Singers and musicians from the Welsh National Opera and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama / Freddie Brown (conductor, organ) & Tim Rhys-Evans (conductor). Tabernacle Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, 7.12.2024. (LJ)

Musicians: Dean Wright and Martin McHale (trumpet, WNO); Edward Griffiths (horn, WNO); Alan Swain (bass trombone, WNO); Riccardo Fabisiak (percussion, RWCMD); and Joshua Gurner (timpani, RWCMD).

WNO Chorus and Singers from the RWCMD conducted by Tim Rhys-Evans

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