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Refinement, Transparency, and Chamber-like Flexibility from Mark Elder and Britten Sinfonia

16/11/201710/11/2017 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Finzi and Brahms: Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Britten Sinfonia / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 9.11.2017. (JPr)

Sir Mark Elder conducts Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican Hall, Thursday 9 November 2017. Photo by Mark Allan
Sir Mark Elder conducts the Britten Sinfonia (c) Mark Allan

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Bournemouth SO Plumbs Emotional Depth in Elgar’s Second Symphony

16/11/201710/11/2017 by Ian Lace

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Elgar: Jack Liebeck (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Farnes (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole 8.11.2017. (IL)

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales Visit Czech Rivers

11/11/201706/11/2017 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Smetana, Dvořák, Strauss, Janáček, Liszt: Fatma Said and Llio Evans (sopranos), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Otto Tausk (conductor). Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, 3.11.2017, (PCG)

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Gardner’s Beautifully Balanced Belshazzar’s Feast is a Highlight of his Philharmonia Concert

11/11/201706/11/2017 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Joseph Phibbs and Walton: Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Roland Wood (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 5.11.17. (AS)

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Less is More for Lawrence Renes, LPO and Bruckner’s Eighth

11/11/201705/11/2017 by Young-Jin Hur

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruckner: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 4.11.2017. (Y-JH)

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Lawrence Renes (c) Mats Backer

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Karl-Heinz Steffens Conducts the Philharmonia’s Romantic Masterspieces

09/11/201704/11/2017 by Young-Jin Hur

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms: Esther Yoo (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2 .11.2017. (Y-JH)

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Esther Yoo (c) Mark Cocksedge

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From Consonance to Atonality and Back in Four Viennese Steps

09/11/201704/11/2017 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Marx: Claire Booth (soprano), BBC Philharmonic / Simone Young (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, 1.11.2017. (RBa)

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An Eclectic Programme from Scottish CO – Rautavaara, Vasks, Respighi, and Copland

09/11/201703/11/2017 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rautavaara, Vasks, Respighi, Copland: Maxim Rysanov (viola), Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Olari Elts (conductor), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 02.11.2017. (SRT)

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