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All concert reviews from the UK.

Buzzing Baroque at Dartington – With Subtitles, Too

19/02/201904/02/2019 by Philip Buttall

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rameau, Hasse, JC Bach, Zelenka, Purcell, JS Bach: Devon Baroque, Persephone Gibbs (director, violin), Andrew Wilson-Dickson (director, harpsichord), Great Hall, Dartington. 3.2.2019. (PRB)

Devon Baroque (c) Philip R Buttall

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Christian Tetzlaff Shines in Sibelius with the London Philharmonic Orchestra

19/02/201904/02/2019 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Bruckner: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Robin Ticciati (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 2.2.2019. (AS)

Christian Tetzlaff (c) Giorgia Bertazzi
Christian Tetzlaff (c) Giorgia Bertazzi

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LPO and Norrington Bring Freshness and Authenticity to Handel and Purcell Baroque Masterpieces

19/02/201901/02/2019 by Christopher Sallon

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Purcell: Soloists, The Schütz Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 30.1.2019. (CSa)

Sir Roger Norrington (c) Manfred Esser

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A Memorable Evening as Sinaisky and the St Petersburg Philharmonic Reach London

10/02/201931/01/2019 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 29.1.2019. (CC)

Julia Fischer (c) Uwe Arens

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Carlo Rizzi and the WNO Orchestra’s Sunday Afternoon Concert in Cardiff

10/02/201929/01/2019 by Paul Corfield Godfrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Bruch, Mendelssohn: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Welsh National Opera Orchestra / Carlo Rizzi (conductor). St David’s Hall, Cardiff, 27.1.2019. (PCG)

Carlo Rizzi

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Understated and Extravagant Marine Imagery and Romance from West Forest Sinfonia

10/02/201929/01/2019 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bax, Alwyn, Elgar: Helen Turnbull (cor anglais), West Forest Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), The Great Hall, London Road Campus, University of Reading, 27.1.2019. (RBa)

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Fine Advocacy for Unjustly Neglected Works by Three Female Composers

10/02/201929/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Venus and the Violin – Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Clarke, Beach, Beethoven: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Kings Place, London, 27.1.2018. (CS)

Tamsin Waley-Cohen (c) Patrick Allen
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (c) Patrick Allen

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Sinaisky and St Petersburg Philharmonic Play a Memorable Mahler Fourth in Edinburgh

10/02/201928/01/2019 by Gregor Tassie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rachmaninov, Mahler: Freddy Kempf (piano), Ann Devin (soprano), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vasily Sinaisky (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 27.1.2019. (GT)

Vasily Sinaisky

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