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A Winning Lunchtime Recital at St Luke’s from Alice Sara Ott

08/11/201531/10/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Chopin, Liszt: Alice Sara Ott (piano). LSO St Luke’s, London, 29.10.2015. (JPr)       Sara Ott

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Imaginative and Illuminating Presentation of Die schöne Magelone in Oxford

08/11/201531/10/2015 by Curtis Rogers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Brahms: Roderick Williams (baritone), Alison Rose (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Victoria Newlyn (narrator): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 27.10.2015. (CR)

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Hewitt Reaches a Touchstone of Western Music

08/11/201529/10/2015 by NewAdmin

United StatesUnited States J.S. Bach: Angela Hewitt (piano), Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y, New York, 2015-29-2015 (SSM)

 

hewitt--
Photo (c) Maria Teresa Luca

 

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A Refreshing Concert from the LPO and Markus Stenz

08/11/201529/10/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Larcher, Stravinsky: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Markus Stenz (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 28.10.2015 (MB)

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Subtle and Melancholic Balletic Meditation on Odyssean Themes

08/11/201529/10/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, No Lander:  Riccardo Buscarini/TIR Danza/Artstrust Productions, The Place, London, 28.10.2015 (J.O’D)

NoLander (photo by Veronica Billi (5)
NoLander (photo by Veronica Billi)

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An Excellent Production of Rossi’s Orfeo from the Early Opera Company

08/11/201529/10/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossi, Orfeo: Soloists, Orchestra of the Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (conductor). Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 23.10.2015 (MB)

A collaboration between Shakespeare's Globe and The Royal Opera 23 October - 15 November Running time: 2 hours 50 mins, including two intervals  CREATIVES  Music Luigi Rossi English translation Christopher Cowell Conductor Christian Curnyn Director Keith Warner Designer Nicky Shaw Choreographer Karl Schreiner Cast Louise Alder Eurydice Mary Bevan Orpheus Graeme Broadbent Satyr / Pluto Jennifer Davis Euphrosyne / Lachesis Emily Edmonds Aglaea / Atropos Lauren Fagan Thalia / Clotho / Hymen Keri Fuge Cupid Verena Gunz Aegea Caitlin Hulcup Aristaeus Sky Ingram Venus Mark Milhofer Momus / Alkippe / Jove Philip Smith Endymion / Charon
Orpheus – Louise Alder (Euridice) & Mary Bevan (Orfeo)
(c) Stephen Cummiskey, Royal Opera and Shakespeare’s Globe.

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Now a Forgotten Mascagni Opera is Another Convincing Revival at the Wexford Festival

08/11/201529/10/2015 by José Irurzun
Wexford
Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff at Wexford (c) Clive Barda

IrelandIreland Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff: Wexford Festival Orchestra, Francesco Cilluffo (conductor), National Opera House, Wexford, 28.10.2015 (JMI)   

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Much to Admire from Raphael Wallfisch and John York at Kings Place

08/11/201529/10/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Saints-Saëns, Brahms, Debussy, Prokofiev: Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Kings Place, London, 18.10.2015 (CS)

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