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Savagery, Menace and  Sardonic Jubilance in Shostakovich’s Tenth

07/11/201405/11/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Liadov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Leticia Moreno (violin), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra /Yuri Temirkanov (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 4.11.2014 (MC)

Yuri Temirkanov © Sasha Gusov
Yuri Temirkanov © Sasha Gusov

 

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

Grupo Corpo Infuses Classical Dance with Brazilian Style

07/11/201405/11/2014 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Carlos Núñes, José Miguel Wisnik and Tom Zé: Grupo Corpo, Choreography by Rodrigo Pederneiras, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 4.11.2014 (SRT)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson Leave a comment

Bezuidenhout and Juilliard415 Perform Music that Never Shouts

07/11/201405/11/2014 by NewAdmin

United StatesUnited States J. C. Bach, W. F. Bach, Mozart: Kristian Bezuidenhout, Director and Fortepiano, Juilliard415, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 30.10.2014 (SSM)

After Johann Schantz (c. 1800
After Johann Schantz (c. 1800)


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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger Leave a comment

Strauss’ Salome Still Heads Above Contemporary Version

07/11/201405/11/2014 by José Irurzun

 Antoine Mariotte: Salome, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, David Angus (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 28.10.2014 (JMI)

Salomé by Antoine Mariotte–Wexford Festival Opera 2014 – photo by Clive Barda_
Salomé by Antoine Mariotte–Wexford Festival Opera 2014 – photo by Clive Barda_

 

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Russian Concert Upstaged by Soloist’s Encore

07/11/201404/11/2014 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glinka, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin),. Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakob Hrusa (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.11.2014 (GD)

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

Superlative Playing by Young Musicians from the Midlands

18/08/201804/11/2014 by Roderic Dunnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Turnage, Vaughan Williams, Holst: John Mark Ainsley (tenor), CBSO Youth Chorus, CBSO Youth Orchestra  /  Ben Gernon (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2.11.2014. (RD)

Ben Gernon (c) Askonas Holt

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Birmingham, Roderic Dunnett 2 Comments

In Staatsoper Ariadne, Frothy Staging and Uneven Thielemann

07/11/201404/11/2014 by Stan

AustriaAustria Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Soloists, Christian Thielemann (conductor), Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper. Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna. 21.10.2014 (SS)

Johan Botha (Bacchus). Image: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn
Johan Botha (Bacchus). Image: Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Seb Smallshaw, Vienna Leave a comment

Kevin Puts’ Silent Night: Inspired and User-Friendly

07/11/201404/11/2014 by José Irurzun

Kevin Puts: Silent Night, Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Christie (conductor), Wexford Opera House, Ireland, 27.10.2014 (JMI)

silentnite
Silent Night-Wexford Festival Photo: C. Barta

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