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Splendid Summer Music-Making on the Gower Peninsular

14/08/201310/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Splendid Summer Music-Making on the Gower Peninsular

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Neil Reeve, Swansea

Bayreuth 1: Lohengrin Two Towering Portrayals

14/08/201310/08/2013 by Stan

GermanyGermany Bayreuth Festival 2013 [1] Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 5.8.2013. (JPr)

8-9-2013 10-11-57 PM
Bayreuth Lohengrin 2013 Act II
Photo (c)Enrico Nawrath.

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Categories Bayreuth 2013, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Bayreuth, Jim Pritchard

From the Salzburg Festival IX (Morning Mozart & Mahler)

14/08/201309/08/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Mahler: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Zubin Mehta (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 4.8.2013 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

Mostly Mozart (2): Jérémie Rhorer Returns to Lead Works by Mozart and Beethoven

20/08/201309/08/2013 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Mostly Mozart (2) Beethoven, Mozart: Paul Lewis (piano), Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer (conductor), Lincoln Center, Avery Fisher Hall, New York 6.8.2013. (SSM)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Mostly Mozart Festival 2013, Previously Published Tags New York, Stan Metzger

From the Salzburg Festival VIII (Venezuelan Mahler 7)

09/02/201409/08/2013 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Mahler: Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 3.8.2013 (JFL)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

PROM 32: Holst and Lutosławski Provide an Unusual and Dazzling Evening at the Proms.

14/08/201309/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 32  Holst & Lutoslawski: Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)Royal Albert Hall, London, 7. 8. 2013.(CG)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Christopher Gunning, London

PROM 32 (2): Excellent Holst, Slightly Less Convincing Lutosławski

14/08/201309/08/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 32: Lutosławski Holst: Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.8.2013 (RB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie

Perelada Festival Ends with Weak Norma

23/01/201408/08/2013 by Stan

SpainSpain V. Bellini: Norma, Barcelona’s Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Choir from Palau de la Musica Catalana, Carlo Montanaro (conductor), Perelada Festival, 6.8.2013 (JMI)

 

© Josep Aznar_NORMA DE BELLINI_
© Josep Aznar_NORMA DE BELLINI_

 

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags JM Irurzun
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