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Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 6 ) – Mozart Matinee, Julia Fischer

22/07/202109/08/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Mozart: Julia Fischer (violin), Ivor Bolton (conductor), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Mozarteum Large Hall, Salzburg, 7.8.2011 (JFL)

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

Edinburgh International Festival 2011 – An Interview with Festival Director Jonathan Mills

22/07/202109/08/2011 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pushing Borders and Redefining Itself: Simon Thompson meets Jonathan Mills, Director of Edinburgh International Festival. (SRT)

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Categories Interviews Not on Front Page, Previously Published Tags Edinburgh, Simon Thompson

Lincoln Center Festival 2011 – Bruckner (R)evolution

05/03/201309/08/2011 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Lincoln Center Festival 2011 –  Bruckner (R)evolution : Leila Josefowicz (violin), Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), The Cleveland Orchestra. Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, 13-17.7.2011 (BH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bruce Hodges, New York

Olympic Music Festival 2011 – Greater and Lesser Works Realized with Equally Compelling Musicianship

22/07/202109/08/2011 by Bernard Jacobson

United StatesUnited States  Beethoven, Dvořák, and Brahms, et al: Paul Hersh (piano), Teddy Abrams (clarinet), Amy Barston (cello), Megumi Stohs (violin), Alan Iglitzin (viola); Olympic Music Festival, Quilcene, WA. 6.8.2010 (BJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, International Concerts, Previously Published Tags Bernard Jacobson, Quilcene

Three Choirs Festival 2011 (2) – A dignified and moving commemoration of 9/11

14/08/201109/08/2011 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Barber, John Adams. Mahler, Mozart:  Julia Doyle (soprano), Clare McCaldin (mezzo-soprano), Simon Wall (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass), Festival Chorus, Choristers of the Three Cathedral Choirs, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington. Worcester Cathedral. 7.8. 2011 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags John Quinn, Worcester

Notes from the 2011 Salzburg Festival ( 5 ) – Verdi, Macbeth

22/07/202108/08/2011 by Jens F. Laurson

AustriaAustria Verdi, Macbeth: Soloists, Riccardo Muti (conductor), Vienna Philharmonic, Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg, 6.8.2011 (JFL)

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Categories International Opera, Previously Published Tags Jens F. Laurson, Salzburg

A Björling Centenary Memorial at Opera på Skäret

14/08/201108/08/2011 by Stan

SwedenSweden  Jussi Björling in Memoriam. Yana Kleyn and Sandra Lopez, soprano, Kristian Benedikt and Stuart Neill, tenor. The Opera på Skäret Orchestra, Bergslagens Musikdramatiska kör/Marcello Mottadelli and Erik Jakobsson at Opera på Skäret, Kopparberg, Sweden, 5.8.2011 (GF)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Göran Forsling, Kopparberg

Buxton G&S Festival Fringe 2011 – Sparkling Dancing and Costumes for Sandy Wilson’s Boy Friend

09/08/202308/08/2011 by Raymond Walker

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend: Soloists and Chorus of North West Productions, Liverpool University, Gilbert & Sullivan Fringe Festival, Buxton, 2.8.2011 (RJW)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Buxton, Raymond Walker
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