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An Ambitious Piano Recital from Danny Driver

29/02/201223/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bach, Chopin, Ligeti, Beethoven. Danny Driver (piano). Wigmore Hall, London 21.2.2012 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie

A Mixed Programme from the LPO

29/02/201223/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Brahms, Zemlinsky, and Szymanowski: Joshua Bell (violin), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 22.2.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Sir Mark Elder Conducts Berlioz Roméo et Juliette

22/02/201221/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Berlioz, Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette): Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Orlin Anastassov (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, Schola Cantorum, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder     (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.2.2012. (JPr)

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

Rissman Deconstructs Søndergård’s Colorful Prokofiev

22/02/201219/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev:Naked Classics, Romeo & Juliet, Paul Rissmann (presenter), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 17.02.2012 (SRT)

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

New York Philharmonic Performs Mahler 9 in London

22/02/201217/02/2012 by Stan

United StatesUnited States  Mahler: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Barbican, London, 16.2.2012 (GDn)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Gavin Dixon, London

Mixed Experience at Alexandre Tharaud’s Wigmore Recital

22/02/201216/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Domenico Scarlatti, Liszt, and Chopin: Alexandre Tharaud (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 15.2.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Richard Goode in Recital: Almost Unalloyed Delight

14/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann and Chopin: Richard Goode (piano). Royal Festival Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

An Uneven Wigmore Hall Recital by the Pražák Quartet

15/02/201214/02/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart and Brahms: Pražák Quartet (Pavel Hula, Vlastimil Holek (violins), Josef Klusoň (viola), Michal Kaňka (cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 12.2.2012 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry
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