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LSC Reflects English Choral Tradition in Rachmaninov Vespers

10/12/201430/11/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dove, Rachmaninov: London Symphony Chorus/Simon Halsey with (in the Dove) Jeremy Cornes, Tom Edwards, Oliver Yates and Hugh Wilkinson (percussion); Roget Sayer and Elizabeth Burley (pianos). Barbican Hall, London, 26.11.2014 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London Leave a comment

Virtuoso Firepower and Refinement from Alexandra Dariescu

10/12/201430/11/2014 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mascagni, Grieg, Dvořák: Alexandra Dariescu (piano),  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alessandro Fabrizi (conductor) Cadogan Hall 27.11.2014 (RB)

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Classicism Takes Precedence over Romanticism in Schumann’s Piano Concerto

10/12/201430/11/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Schumann: Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 27.11.2014 (PCG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Paul Corfield Godfrey

Tchaikovsky is the Star in The London Phil’s Latest Concert

10/12/201430/11/2014 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.11.2014 (CS)

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Brussels Philharmonic are Successful Musical Chameleons

10/12/201430/11/2014 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Borodin, Rodrigo, Saint-Saëns: Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), Oliver Condy (organ), Brussels Philharmonic, Michel Tabachnik (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 30.11.2014 (SRT)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson 1 Comment

Frang and Lifits Show Expressive Affinity and Individuality  

14/01/201526/11/2014 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Grieg, Mozart, Lutoslawski and Richard Strauss: Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 25.11.2014 (CS)

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A Winterreise that Ilustrated Schubert’s Affinity with Narrative

04/12/201426/11/2014 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: performed by Mark Padmore (tenor) and Paul Lewis (piano). Birmingham Town Hall, 23.11.2014 (GR)

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Russian Baritone Hvorostovsky Attracts Newcomers to the Wigmore Hall

04/12/201425/11/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler and Strauss: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) and Ivari Ilja (piano), Wigmore Hall, London 23.11.2014. (JPr)

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky Photo Credit Pavel Antonov

 

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London
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