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Cheltenham

Atmospheric Sawer Première at Cheltenham Music Festival

10/07/201305/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Eight Seasons in One Concert

29/06/201323/06/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vivaldi, Piazzolla: Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Yuri Zhislin, Carmine Lauri, Natalia Lomeiko, Oxford Philomusica, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20.6.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Enterprising ETO Perform Donizetti’s Siege of Calais

07/05/201305/05/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Donizetti, L’assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of English Touring Opera / Jeremy Silver (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 2.5.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cheltenham, John Quinn

Enthralling Performances from Karabits and Lewis

22/04/201315/04/2013 by Stan

Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms: Paul Lewis (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor), Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12.4.2013. (RJ)

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What’s in Store at Cheltenham Music Festival 2013?

26/08/201421/03/2013 by Stan

What’s in Store at Cheltenham Music Festival 2013?

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Categories Do Not Print in Recent Reviews, Previously Published Tags Cheltenham, John Quinn

Vienna Festival Ballet Entrances with Sleeping Beauty

13/04/201418/03/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Dancers and Orchestra (recorded) of Vienna Festival Ballet, Bacon Theatre, Cheltenham, 16.3.2013. (RJ)

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Impressive Start to Belarus Opera’s UK Tour

12/04/201407/02/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Puccini, La Bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Grand Opera of Belarus, Victor Ploskina (conductor), Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, 5.2.2013. (RJ)

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Outstanding Performances from Little, Rubikis and BSO

29/10/201227/10/2012 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Schubert, Stravinsky: Tasmin Little (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Ainars Rubikis, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 25.10.2012. (RJ)

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