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Concert Reviews

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Last-Minute Substitutes Deliver the Goods in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

07/02/201528/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berlioz, Liszt and Bartók: Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Ildikó Komlósi (mezzo-soprano), Sir Willard White (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 27.1.2015 (AS)

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

Philadelphia Orchestra Repertoire: Plus ça change . . .

30/01/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Rachmaninoff and Turnage: Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, 23.1.2015 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews Tags Bernard Jacobson, Philadelphia Leave a comment

Whose Tosca?

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Puccini: Tosca, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Civic Opera House, Chicago, 24.1.2015 (JLZ)

Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Tosca © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2015
Brian Jagde in “Tosca” at Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Chicago, James L. Zychowicz Leave a comment

A Slimmed-Down Mozart Piano Concerto is a Delight.

10/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Suk, Shostakovich, Schubert, Mozart.  Fitzwilliam Quartet [Lucy Russell (violin), Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin), Alan George (viola), Heather Tuach (cello)] Anna Tilbrook (piano) Hall One, Kings Place, London. 25.1.2015 (LB)

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Categories Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Leon Bosch, London 1 Comment

Guangzhou Symphony a Revelation

13/08/202027/01/2015 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wenjing; Chenzong, Wanghua, Lihong, Zhuang; Tchaikovsky  Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lin Daye, Mélodie Zhao (piano), Tonhalle Zurich, 26.1.2015. (JR)

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Copyright Migros Kulturprozent Classics

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags John Rhodes, Zurich Leave a comment

Carducci Quartet Begin an Epic Journey

07/02/201527/01/2015 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich, Reich: The Carducci Quartet [Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming (violins), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello)], Tithe Barn, Syde, Gloucestershire, 24.1.2015. (RJ)

Carducci Quartet Photo (c) Tom Barnes
Carducci Quartet
Photo (c) Tom Barnes

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Roger Jones, Syde Leave a comment

MacGregor Traces Her Musical Development with Personal Selection of Works

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Shostakovich, Chopin, Ives, Monk, Piazzolla, Pärt: Joanna MacGregor (piano), Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 23.1.2015. (CR)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Curtis Rogers, Oxford Leave a comment

Unabashed Berg, Brahms in San Francisco

07/02/201527/01/2015 by Harvey Steiman

Wong, Berg, Brahms: Yefim Bronfman (piano), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Joshua Gersen (conductor), Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 21.1.2015 (HS)

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