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Birmingham

Enthusiastic Performances of 1920s Triple Opera Bill by Birmingham Conservatoire

17/03/201613/03/2016 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Holst, Vaughan Williams & Ravel, Savitri, Riders to the Sea & L’Enfant et les sortilèges: Students of Birmingham Conservatoire / Fraser Goulding (conductor), Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, 10.3.2016. (GR)

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The UK Premiere of an Intriguing and Fascinating Piece by Osvaldo Golijov

17/03/201610/03/2016 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Borodin, Golijov, Shostakovich: Eduardo Vassallo (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Alpesh Chauhan (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 9.3.2016. (JQ)

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A Colourful and Entertaining Programme from Nicholas Collon and the CBSO

09/03/201604/03/2016 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Stravinsky: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 3.3.2016 (JQ)

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Jac van Steen and the CBSO in Fine Form

29/02/201626/02/2016 by John Quinn

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Elgar, Grieg, Brahms. Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Jac van Steen (conductor), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 25.2.2016 (JQ)

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BRB Continue their Our Shakespeare Celebrations with a Classic Romeo and Juliet

29/02/201626/02/2016 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Birmingham Royal Ballet,  Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor, Birmingham Hippodrome, 24.2.2016. (GR)

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A Dream of a Start to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Shakespeare Celebrations

22/02/201620/02/2016 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn & Chopin, Sir Frederick Ashton Double Bill: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor), Jonathan Higgins (piano), Birmingham Hippodrome, 17.2.2016. (GR)

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Mathias Dingman as Puck in The Dream (c) Bill Cooper

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Ian Bostridge’s Winterreise is a Magnificent Obsession

28/02/201605/02/2016 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911: performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor),Joseph Middleton (piano). The Barber Institute, Birmingham, 3.2.2014 (GR).

Ian Bostridge; (C) Sim Canetty-Clarke
Ian Bostridge; (c) Sim Canetty-Clarke

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Inspired Recital from Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside at Birmingham Conservatoire

11/03/202314/01/2016 by Geoff Read

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert: Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire. 12.1.2016. (GR)

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