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Colin Clarke

Benjamin Zander’s Refreshing and Thought-Provoking Approach to Beethoven

24/03/201720/03/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven: Mei Yi Foo (piano), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo), Robert Murray (tenor), Derek Welton (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Benjamin Zander. Royal Festival Hall, London, 18.3.2017. (CC)

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Curnyn and ENO Revive Alden’s 2008 Production of Handel’s Partenope with Splendid Results

24/11/202519/03/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel, Partenope (sung in English): Orchestra of English National Opera / Christian Curnyn. London Coliseum, 15.3.2017. (CC)

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ENO’s Partenope © Donald Cooper

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More Mastery from Igor Levit in Beethoven

21/03/201719/03/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven: Igor Levit (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 18.3.2017. (CC)

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The NHK Symphony Orchestra’s Highly Committed Mahler

13/03/201708/03/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Takemitsu, Mahler: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo / Paavo Järvi. Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.3.2017 (CC)

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More Remarkable Xenakis Performances from the JACK Quartet

03/03/201727/02/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Xenakis Day II: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Willman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello) with Pavel Kolesnikov (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.2.2017. (CC)

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The JACK Quartet Launch the Wigmore Hall’s Xenakis Day

03/03/201727/02/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Xenakis Day I: JACK Quartet (Christopher Otto, Austin Willman, violins; John Pickford Richards, viola; Jay Campbell, cello). Wigmore Hall, London, 25.2.2017. (CC)

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A Remarkable Concert Includes the Premiere of Tansy Davies’ Forest

28/02/201724/02/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Tansy Davies, R. Strauss: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Richard Watkins, Katy Woolley, Nigel Black, Michael Thompson (horns); Philharmonia Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 23.2.2017. (CC)

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A Stimulating Pairing of Rihm and Bruckner

28/02/201723/02/2017 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rihm, Bruckner: Nicolas Hodges (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Lothar Koenigs. Barbican Hall, London, 22.2.2017. (CC)

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