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Julian Anderson, Delius and Elgar in a Fascinating Evening With the London Philharmonic

27/03/201227/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Julian Anderson, Delius, Elgar: Roderick Williams (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor), Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 24.3.2012 (CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning, London

Simon Trpčeski Returns to Wigmore Hall

27/03/201225/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Schubert, Bach/Liszt, Liszt: Simon Trpčeski (piano). Wigmore Hall, London. 18.3.2012 (CC)

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

Complementary Music by Penderecki and Jonny Greenwood at the Barbican

27/03/201225/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Penderecki, Jonny Greenwood: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, Krysztof Penderecki, *Marek Mos (conductors), Grzegorz Barszczewski (lighting design), Marcin Bania, Maciej Malinowski (video), Barbican Hall, London 22.3.2012 (CC)

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

Music from the Future:Celebration of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

26/01/201425/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Aagaami (“Future”) :Various Artists from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. 17.3.2012 (CC)

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

Stoical Reserve in Tippett’s A Child of our Time

27/03/201224/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tippett, Hugh Wood: Anthony Marwood(violin),  Nicole Cabell (soprano) , Karen Cargill (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Rose( bass) , BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 23.3.12 (GDn)

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

All Russian Programmme by Piano Laureate of Hones International Piano Competition

27/03/201223/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Medtner, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgski:  Georgy Tchaidze (piano) Wigmore Hall, London 19.3.2012 (RB)

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

Anne-Sophie Mutter in Recital in Manchester

10/03/202322/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Schubert, Lutosławski, Saint-Saëns: Anne Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 20.3.2012 (MC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Manchester, Michael Cookson

Three Favourite Pieces by the LSO

27/03/201221/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Richard Strauss, Mahler, Brahms: Christopher Maltman (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor), Barbican Hall, London. 15.3.2012. (CG)  

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning
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