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Concert Reviews

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Interesting Berg/Schubert Recital from Stephen Kovacevich

05/07/201530/06/2015 by Stan

Berg, Schubert: Stephen Kovacevich ( piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 28.6.2015 (NR)

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Doric Quartet Play with Lyricism, Subtlety and Flexibility at Aldeburgh

05/07/201529/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Schubert, Britten, Adès: Doric Quartet (Alex Redington & Jonathan Stone [violins], Hèléne Clément [viola], John Myerscough [cello])

(A) Snape Maltings 26.6.2015 and

(B) Aldeburgh Church 27.6.2015. (CS)

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Nikolai Lugansky Excels in Beethoven

05/07/201528/06/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weber, Beethoven, Brahms: Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.6.2015 (RB)

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Professional  Standards from RNCM Musicians in Remarkable Penderecki/ Lutosławski Concert

05/07/201528/06/2015 by Michael Cookson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Penderecki, Lutosławski: Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Chamber Choir,- Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Friday 26th June 2015 (MC)

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Storming Performance by Brodsky in Medieval Yorkshire Church

01/07/201527/06/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Webern, Zemlinsky, Beethoven: The Brodsky Quartet, St Nicholas Church, High Bradfield, Sheffield, 25.6.2015 (JK)

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Excellent, Sensitive Performances from the Melos Sinfonia

05/07/201527/06/2015 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Poulenc and Schubert: Françoise-Green Piano Duo, Melos Sinfonia/Oliver Zeffman (conductor), St Jude’s Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 15.6.2015 (AS)

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Opera North’s Dutchman Flies Into Five Concert Halls. Preview (RJ)

21/01/202024/06/2015 by RJones

 Opera North’s Dutchman Flies Into Five Concert Halls. Preview (RJ) Over the past few years Opera North has been establishing a reputation for performing Wagner with concert performances of each of the music dramas which make up his Ring Cycle. The Wagnerian voyage continues during June and July 2015 with a new concert staging of … Read more

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Stimulating Performances from Two Highly Contrasting Quartets

28/06/201524/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Palestrina and Pärt: Solem Quartet (Amy Tress & Catherine Landen [violins], Alistair Vennart [viola], Stephanie Tress [cello]) and BLOCK4 (Emily Bannister, Katie Cowling, Lucy Carr, Rosie Land [recorders]), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.6.2015 (CS)

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