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Vasily Petrenko Impresses in Rachmaninov but not in Stravinsky

14/02/201512/02/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stravinsky, Rachmaninov: Jorge Luis Prats (piano), Anna Samuil (soprano), Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Andrei Bondarenko (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 11.2.2015 (AS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts Tags Alan Sanders, London Leave a comment

Closing the Focus! Festival with a Valentine to Takemitsu

22/02/201511/02/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Focus! 2015, Program VI: Debussy, Takemitsu, Miyoshi, Yoshimatsu: Sam Jones (trumpet), Alex Shiozaki (violin), The Juilliard Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor), Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City. 30.1.2015 (BH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags Bruce Hodges, New York Leave a comment

Well-Tempered, Yes. Well Played, Well…

22/02/201511/02/2015 by NewAdmin

United StatesUnited States J.S. Bach, Handel: Richard Egarr, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.2.2015 (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts Tags New York, Stan Metzger Leave a comment

A Magnificent Start to Simon Rattle’s Sibelius Cycle in London

28/02/201511/02/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius: Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 10.2.2015 (CS)

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Categories Concert Reviews Tags Claire Seymour, London 2 Comments

Philharmonia’s Principal Trumpet Players Step into the Spotlight

22/02/201511/02/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms, Haydn, Vivaldi, Beethoven: Jason Evans & Alistair Mackie (trumpet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Kluxen (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 6.2.2015 (CS)

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A True French Sound in Geneva

22/02/201510/02/2015 by Antoine Lévy-Leboyer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Debussy, Chopin, Stravinsky, Ravel: Nelson Freire (piano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Victoria Hall, Geneva, 5.2.2015  (AL)

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A Fine Lieder Recital from Simon Bode and Igor Levit

22/02/201510/02/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Beethoven, and Rihm: Simon Bode (tenor), Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.2.2015 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry Leave a comment

Gallic, Sentimental, Naughty—and Great Fun

22/02/201510/02/2015 by Rafael De Acha

United StatesUnited States  Le Salon Cabaret: concert:nova, Ixi Chen (artistic director), Cincinnati Ensemble Theatre. Cincinnati, OH. 9.2.2015 (RDA)

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