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Geoff Diggines

Two Revolutionaries, Beethoven And Berlioz, Look to the Future

28/08/201513/08/2015 by Geoff DIggines

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom   PROM 33:Beethoven, Berlioz: Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 9.8.2015. (GD) 

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Nuanced and Stylish Playing from Labèque Sisters in Mozart

28/08/201503/08/2015 by Geoff DIggines

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prom 18 – Mozart, Shostakovich: Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.7.2015 (GD)

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Remarkable Beethoven Concerto from Emanuel Ax and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

16/06/201509/06/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Emanuel Ax (piano), The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 6.6.2015. (GD)

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Philadelphia Orchestra Benefits from Nézet-Séguin’s Scrupulous Conducting

16/06/201508/06/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Muhly, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov:  Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London. 6.6.2015 (GD)

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Memorable Concert from Empatheic João Pires and Superb Budapest Festival Orchestra

27/05/201524/05/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Brahms: Maria João Pires (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.5 2015 (GD)

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A Compelling Performance of Schubert’s Extraordinary Music

24/05/201522/05/2015 by Geoff DIggines

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert: Hanning Kraggerud (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Imogen Cooper (piano), Kings Place, London, 16.5.2015 (GD)

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Isabelle Faust Plays Brahms with Staggering Insight and Clarity

14/05/201510/05/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Tchaikovsky: Isabelle Faust, (violin). London Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 7.5.2015. (GD)

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An Excellent Evening of Lieder from Röschmann and Uchida

11/05/201506/05/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Alban Berg:  Dorothea Röschmann (soprano),  Mitsuko Uchida,  (piano), Wigmore Hall, 2.5.2015. (GD)

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