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Mark Berry

An Estimable Nozze di Figaro from Opera Holland Park

18/07/201113/07/2011 by Stan

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro : Soloists, Opera Holland Park Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Willis (conductor). Opera Holland Park, 10.7.2011 (MB)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags London, Mark Berry

The Arensky Chamber Orchestra play both versions of Verklärte Nacht

11/08/202013/07/2011 by Stan

Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht: Arensky Chamber Orchestra, Stephanie Gonley (director). Cadogan Hall, London. 8.7.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

BBC Young Generation Artist Piemontese impresses with Debussy and Schumann

10/07/201108/07/2011 by Stan

City of London Festival  2011 – Chopin, Debussy, and Schumann: Francesco Piemontesi (piano). St Mary Abchurch, London, 6.7.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Saint-Nazaire’s Consonances Festival delights London audience

03/07/201127/06/2011 by Stan

Brahms, Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Debussy: Philippe Graffin (violin), Truls Mørk (violoncello), Juliette Hurel (flute), Chen Halevi (clarinet), Stephen Kovacevich (piano, crotales), Claire Désert and Marisa Gupta (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.6.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Nico Muhly’s ‘Two Boys’ at English National Opera

13/07/201127/06/2011 by Stan

Nico Muhly, Two Boys (world premiere): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Rumon Gamba (conductor). The Coliseum, London, 24.6.2011 (MB)

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Haitink works his magic on Ravel and Mendelssohn

03/07/201124/06/2011 by Stan

Ravel and Mendelssohn: Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (narrator), Eltham College Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 23.6.2011 (MB)

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Britten well served by revival of Decker’s Peter Grimes

18/03/202222/06/2011 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Peter Grimes: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Andrew Davis (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 21.6.2011. (MB)

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Haphazard Götterdämmerung fails to light up Paris

12/07/201121/06/2011 by Stan

Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 18.6.2011 (MB)

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Categories International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Mark Berry, Paris
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