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All concert reviews from the UK.

Raw, Visceral Playing from the Moscow Philharmonic In Edinburgh

10/10/201106/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky: Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 05.10.2011 (SRT)

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

Sir Colin Davis and LSO Tackle Two Familiar Composers and One Unfamiliar

10/10/201106/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Haydn, Nielsen, and Beethoven: Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor). Barbican,London, 4.10.2011 (MB)

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

Pli selon pli Casts Its Extraordinary Spell

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (4): Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble, Pierre Boulez (conductor). Royal Festival Hall,London, 2.10.2011 (MB)

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

Rachmaninov By Candlelight. An Enthralling Experience

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Rachmaninov:  Steven Osborne (piano), Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor). Symphony Hall,Birmingham. 2 10. 2011 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, John Quinn

Lammermuir Festival: Some of Scotland’s Brightest Young Wind Players Perform

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lammermuir Festival: Mozart, Stravinsky, Weber, MacMillan, Beethoven: The Stevenson Winds of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, John Cushing (clarinet and director). Dunbar Parish Church (Scotland). 21.09.2011 (LV)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Edinburgh, Laurence Vittes

Bach with Muscles Comes to Somerset – a Memorable ‘48’ from Roger Woodward

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier – Book 1: Roger Woodward (piano) The Woodard Room, Kings College, Taunton, Somerset, 2.10.2011 (BK)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Bill Kenny, Somerset

Revelatory Explorations of the Piano Music of Pierre Boulez

10/10/201105/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (3): Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (pianos). Queen Elizabeth Hall,London, 2.10.2011 (MB)

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

Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (2)

10/10/201104/10/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Exquisite Labyrinth: The Music of Pierre Boulez (2): Michael Cox (flute), Clio Gould (violin), Sound Intermedia, Carlo Laurenzi (IRCAM computer production), Jérémie Henrot (IRCAM sound engineer), London Sinfonietta, Péter Eötvös (conductor). Queen Elizabeth Hall,London, 1.10.2001 (MB)

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