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UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

EIF 19: Anguish and Intensity in Henschel’s Delivery of Jedermann Monologues

04/09/201227/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Korngold, Wolf, Martin, Mahler: Dietrich Henschel (baritone)), Steven Osborne (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27.8.2012 (SRT)

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

EIF 18: Rhythmic Bartók and Riskfree Mahler from Fischer

06/02/201427/08/2012 by Stan

 






United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Mahler: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 26.8.2012 (SRT)

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

EIF 17: Schwanewilms and Martineau Complement Each Other in Morning of Song

18/01/201426/08/2012 by Stan

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Wolf and Richard Strauss: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 25.8.2012 (SRT)

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

EIF 16: Gustav Mahler Orchestra Impresses Despite Leaden Conducting

18/01/201426/08/2012 by Stan


 

 

 

 


United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Mahler: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Daniele Gatti (conductor), Usher Hall, 24.8.2012. (SRT)

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

Prom 50: Imaginative Programming from Vänskä and the BBC SO

27/08/201226/08/2012 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 50: Beethoven, Mozart, Delius, Nielsen: Michael Collins (basset clarinet), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä (conductor), 20 .8.2012. (GD)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Geoff Diggines, London

Prom 54: An Offering for the Queen, Idyllic Delius, and Shattering Shostakovich.

27/08/201224/08/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 54: Davis, Delius Shostakovich:Tasmin Little (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 23.8.2012 (CG)

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EIF 15: EU Youth Orchestra Demonstrate Style, Flair and Virtuosity

27/08/201224/08/2012 by Stan

 

 

 


United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Causton, Debussy, Busoni: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, European Union Youth Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.08.2012. (SRT)

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

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012 (3) – Humour Masks Musical Skill

06/02/201421/08/2012 by Stan



United KingdomUnited Kingdom  The Horne Section,  Pleasance Grand (Venue 33), Edinburgh, 20.8.2012 (SRT)

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