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UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste Conducts Kurtág, Bartok, and Sibelius’s Two Last Symphonies.

21/12/201119/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartok, Kurtág and Sibelius: Hiromi Kikuchi (violin), Ken Hakii (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 16.12.2011 (CG)

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

Alistair Dixon and Chapelle du Roi at the ‘Christmas Festival’ at St John’s, Smith Square

21/12/201119/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Byrd, Fayrfax, Sheppard, Tallis, and Victoria:Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director). St John’s, Smith Square, London, 17.12.2011 (MB)

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

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Colin Davis’ Nielsen-Beethoven Cycle

22/12/201116/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Nielsen, Beethoven: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) with Lucy Hall (soprano) and Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Barbican Hall, London, 11.12.2011 (CC)

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

Quatuor Ebène Rocks Wigmore Hall

22/12/201113/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Debussy, Brahms :Quatuor Ébène: Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure (violins), Mathieu Herzog (viola), Raphaël Merlin (violoncello), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.12.2011 (MB)

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

Two Views of Belshazzar’s Feast

21/12/201113/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Sibelius, and Walton: Gerald Finley (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 10.12.2011 (CG)

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

Celebratory Brilliance and Gentle Introspection in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

21/12/201113/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach:Christmas Oratorio (parts 1, 3, 5 & 6: Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Egarr (conductor/harpsichord), Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 1.12.2011 (SRT)

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

Entrancing Christmas Berlioz in Cardiff

13/12/201112/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Berlioz, L’enfance du Christ: Anna Stephany (mezzo), Barry Banks (tenor), Mathew Brook (bass-baritone), Henry Waddington (bass),  BBC National Chorus of Wales, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thierry Fischer (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 9.12.11 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff

Vladimir Ashkenazy Conducts the Philharmonia – With Mixed Results

13/12/201112/12/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dukas, Ravel, Falla, and Debussy: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 11.12.2011 (MB)

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