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Robert Beattie

Karl-Heinz Steffens Makes a Strong Impression with the Philharmonia

04/11/201631/10/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra/Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.10.2016. (RB)

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An Impressive Start to the RPO’s Sibelius/Prokofiev Series

01/11/201629/10/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Prokofiev: Anna Fedorova (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Alexander Shelley (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 25.10.2016. (RB)

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Jamie Barton’s Outstanding Wigmore Hall Debut

01/11/201626/10/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Turina, Brahms, Dvořák, Ives, Sibelius:  Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), James Baillieu (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2016. (RB)

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Jamie Barton (c) Rebecca Fay

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Superb Singing and Playing in Met’s Traditional Production of Don Giovanni

29/10/201625/10/2016 by Robert Beattie

United StatesUnited States Mozart, Don Giovanni: Cast, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York / Fabio Luisi (Conductor), Met Live in HD transmitted to the Komedia Cinema, Brighton, 21.10.2016. (RB)

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Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni) & Chorus © Marty Sohl

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The London Chamber Orchestra Salute Shakespeare – and Walton

29/10/201623/10/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Walton: Bertrand Chamayou (piano); Simon Harrison (narrator); London Chamber Orchestra; Choir of Royal Holloway; Choristers of New College Oxford/Christopher Warren-Green (conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 20.10.2016. (RB)

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An Outstanding Recital by Leif Ove Andsnes

26/09/201621/09/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Sibelius, Debussy, Chopin: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Barbican Hall, London, 19.9.2016. (RB)

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Young Singers Perform an Immensely Creative Barber of Seville

29/09/201618/09/2016 by Robert Beattie

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rossini 2016 Festival – The Barber of Seville:  Rossini 2016 Festival Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus, Gaetano Lo Coco (Conductor), Cadogan Hall, London, 12.9.2016. (RB)

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A Superb Recital by Denis Kozhukhin

15/09/201613/09/2016 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Brahms, Weber, Bartók, Albéniz:  Denis Kozhukhin (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.9.2016. (RB)

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