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Canterbury

The Philharmonia Bring Shadows And Sunlight to Canterbury

24/02/201820/02/2018 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mahler: Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Jakub Hrůša (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, 17.2.2018. (CS)

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A Veritable Prospero of the Podium: Herbert Blomstedt with the Philharmonia in Canterbury

06/06/201730/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: Martin Helmchen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 28.5.2017. (CS)

Herbert Blomstedt: photo credit - Martin Lengemann.
Herbert Blomsted (c) Martin Lengemann

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Good Chemistry Between the Philharmonia and Domingo Hindoyan

22/01/201717/01/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Prokofiev, Beethoven: Michael Barenboim (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 14.1.2017. (CS)

Michael Barenboim; photo credit - Janine Escher.
Michael Barenboim (c) Janine Escher.

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Little Beguiles and Yamada Communicates his Vision in Philharmonia Concert

15/04/201608/04/2016 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Tasmin Little (violin), Kazuki Yamada (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 6.4.2016. (CS)

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Violinist Esther Yoo Plays Glazunov Concerto with Refinement and Expression

17/06/201513/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Glazunov: Esther Yoo (violin),  Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 12.6.2015 (CS)

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Philharmonia’s Principal Trumpet Players Step into the Spotlight

22/02/201511/02/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms, Haydn, Vivaldi, Beethoven: Jason Evans & Alistair Mackie (trumpet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Kluxen (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 6.2.2015 (CS)

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Atmosphere and Tension in Glyndebourne Touring’s Turn of the Screw

23/11/201411/11/2014 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, The Turn of the Screw:  Soloists, Glyndebourne Touring Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Leo McFall (conductor),  Marlowe Theatre,  Canterbury, 7.11.2014 (CS)

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Glyndebourne Touring’s La Traviata Touches the Heart Strings

23/11/201411/11/2014 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verdi, La Traviata: Glyndebourne Touring Opera / Jeremy Bines (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 8.11.2014. (CS)

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