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UK Concerts

All concert reviews from the UK.

Verdi’s Requiem from Gergiev and the Mariinsky Opera: A Messy Clash of Styles

11/04/201205/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, Requiem: Victoria Yastrebova (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo-sorano), Sergey Semishkur (tenor), Ildar Abdrazkov (bass), Mariinsky Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Barbican, London 4.4.2012 (Gdn)

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

St Petersburg Philharmonic Perform Stunning All-Russian Programme

11/04/201204/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Dmitri Alexeev (piano), St. Petersburg Philharmonic,Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 1.4.2012 (MC)

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

Schubert Trio Lifts the Spirits in Cardiff

11/04/201204/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert: Lesley Hadfield Trio: Lesley Hadfield (violin), Alistair Beatson (piano), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, 30.3.2010. (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

Semyon Bychkov Conducts Mahler’s Third. A Qualified Success.

04/04/201202/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mahler: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 1.4.2012 (MB)

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

Outstanding Saint-Saëns from Alina Ibragimova

04/04/201201/04/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninov: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Tugan Sokhiev (conductor), St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 29. 3.2012 (GPu)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cardiff, Glyn Pursglove

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Good Form under Charles Dutoit

04/04/201231/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, R. Strauss:  Julia Fischer (violin); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit. Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.3.2012 (CC)

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

James Lisney Gives UK Premiere of Jan Vriend’s Meden Agan

05/04/201230/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, Janáček, Jan Vriend: Paul Barritt (violin), James Lisney (piano), Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham. 28.3.2012.  (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Stand-in Matthew Coorey Impresses in Finale of Mahler’s Ninth

04/04/201230/03/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Mahler:  Lisa Batiashvili (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew Coorey (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.3.2012 (GD)

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