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Quartett Premieres In Americas

27/01/201627/06/2015 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

ArgentinaArgentina Luca Francesconi, Quartett: Soloists and Orchestra of Teatro Colón. Conductor: Brad Lubman, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. 19.6.2015. (JSJ)

 Caption: Robin Adams (Valmont) and Allison Cook (Merteuil) in Quartett at Teatro Colón. (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Arnaldo Colombaroli)

Caption: Robin Adams (Valmont) and Allison Cook (Merteuil) in Quartett at Teatro Colón. (Photo Prensa Teatro Colón/Arnaldo Colombaroli)

 

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Excellent, Sensitive Performances from the Melos Sinfonia

05/07/201527/06/2015 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Poulenc and Schubert: Françoise-Green Piano Duo, Melos Sinfonia/Oliver Zeffman (conductor), St Jude’s Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 15.6.2015 (AS)

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A Sylvia Worthy of Delibes from David Bintley and Birmingham Royal Ballet

05/07/201526/06/2015 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Delibes,  Sylvia:  Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 24.6.2015 (GR).

Sylvia-Artists-of-Birmingham-Royal-Ballet-photo-Bill-Cooper-1
Sylvia-Artists-of-Birmingham-Royal-Ballet-photo-Bill-Cooper-1

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Deeply Thought Through Death in Venice by Garsington Opera

18/08/201826/06/2015 by Roderic Dunnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten,  Death In Venice: Garisington Opera / Steuart Bedford.(conductor), Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 22.6.2015. (RD).

Garsington Opera’s Death in Venice (c) Clive Barda

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Two Outstanding Chamber Operas By Birtwistle

05/07/201525/06/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birtwistle: The Corridor, The Cure: Soloists, London Sinfonietta, Geoffrey Paterson (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 18.6.2015 (MB)

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Stimulating Performances from Two Highly Contrasting Quartets

28/06/201524/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Mendelssohn, Palestrina and Pärt: Solem Quartet (Amy Tress & Catherine Landen [violins], Alistair Vennart [viola], Stephanie Tress [cello]) and BLOCK4 (Emily Bannister, Katie Cowling, Lucy Carr, Rosie Land [recorders]), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.6.2015 (CS)

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Triumphal Conclusion to the Storgårds/BBC Philharmonic Cycle of Nielsen Symphonies

28/06/201524/06/2015 by Michael Cookson

Nielsen, Mahler, Nielsen: Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone), Gillian Keith (soprano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds (conductor), Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 18.6.2015 (MC)

John Storgårds © Heikki Tuuli
John Storgårds © Heikki Tuuli

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Maestro Pietari Inkinen Says Goodbye To New Zealand In A Blaze Of Glory

05/07/201523/06/2015 by Stan

 

New ZealandNew Zealand  Pietari Inkinen Festival – 2015: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 12.6.2015 and 13.6.2015. (PM)

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