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Aldeburgh Looks Forward to its 68th Festival  (June 12 -28)

08/08/201525/04/2015 by Stan

Aldeburgh Looks Forward to its 68th Festival  (June 12 -28)

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Honesty and Artistry from Les Ballets de Monte Carlo

30/04/201525/04/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Roméo et Juliette: Dancers of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. Kirov St Petersburg Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (recorded), London Coliseum, London, 23.4.14. (JPr)

 

Photo credit Alice Blangero. -  Lucien Postlewaite (Romeo) and Noelani Pantastico (Juliet)
Photo credit Alice Blangero. – Lucien Postlewaite (Romeo) and Noelani Pantastico (Juliet)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London Leave a comment

Peter Eőtvős Leads the LSO’s Fine 90th Birthday Tribute to Pierre Boulez

30/04/201524/04/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Boulez and Stravinsky: London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eőtvős (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.4.2015 (MB)

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Ingrid Fliter: “a Marvellously Poetic Force” in Chopin Concerto

30/04/201524/04/2015 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Chopin, Mendelssohn: Ingrid Fliter (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jun Märkl (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 23.04.2015 (SRT)

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At Carnegie Hall, Nelsons Heralds a New Era for Boston

30/04/201524/04/2015 by Bruce Hodges

United StatesUnited States  Shostakovich, Beethoven, and Mahler: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 16/17.4.2015 (BH)

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A Fresh Slant on String Quartet Repertoire in Manchester

30/04/201524/04/2015 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Britten, Chopin, Barber, Beethoven.  Dejan Lazić (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor), Manchester Cathedral, Manchester. 18.4.2015 (LB)

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Compact Drama: Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper Berlin

05/09/201524/04/2015 by Hazel Rowland

GermanyGermany Schoenberg. The Choir of the Komische Oper Berlin and Vocalconsort Berlin. Robert Hayward (Moses), John Daszak (Aron), Vladimir Jurowski (Musical direction), Barrie Kosky (Staging). Komische Oper Berlin. 19.04.15 (HR)

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Academy of St. Martin in the Alpine Meadows

30/04/201524/04/2015 by Stan

 

SwitzerlandSwitzerland     Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schoenberg: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Julia Fischer (violin) Oliver Schnyder (piano), Tonhalle Zurich   21.4.15 (JR)

Photo:Copyright Migros Kulturprozent Classics”
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