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Colin Clarke

Compelling Adès Opera Succeeds in Subterranean Space

09/04/201406/04/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adès,Powder Her Face: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English National Opera/Timothy Redmond (conductor). Ambika P3, University of Westminster, London, 2.4.2014 (CC)

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Sumptuous Singing from Anne Schwanewilms

18/03/201416/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mahler, Liszt, R. Strauss, Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Charles Spencer (piano)., Wigmore Hall, London, 13.3.2014 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London

A Marvellous Evening of Russian Song with Dmitri Hvorostovsky

18/03/201413/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Glinka, Darghomyzhsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Sviridov: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone); Ivari Ilja, (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 10.3.2014 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London

High Musical Standards in ENO’s Rodelinda

03/03/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel Rodelinda (1725, sung in English): Soloist and Orchestra of English National Opera/Christian Curnyn (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 28.2.2014 (CC)

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Colin Clarke, London

Jurowski’s Masterly Way with an Early Bruckner Symphony

03/03/201428/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Brahms, Bruckner: Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor),  Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.2.2014 (CC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Colin Clarke, London

Britten/Auden Opera Proves to be Excellent Ensemble Piece

25/02/201421/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten Paul Bunyan: Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of English Touring Opera/Philip Sunderland. Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 17.02.2014 (CC)

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A Marvellous Recital from the Charismatic Yuja Wang

25/02/201420/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Chopin, Kapustin, Stravinsky, Yuja Wang (piano). Barbican Hall, London, 16.2.2014 (CC)

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Handel’s Theodora: a Simply Terrific Evening

13/08/202012/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Handel Theodora, HWV68 (1750) Soloists, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, The English Concert, Harry Bickett (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 8.2.2014. (CC)

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