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High Voltage Virtuosity and Cultivated Musicianship from Bertrand Chamayou

08/11/201526/10/2015 by Robert Beattie

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ravel:  Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 23.10.2015 (RB)

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Singers Bring the Tension within The Lighthouse to Life

08/11/201525/10/2015 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maxwell Davies, The Lighthouse: Soloists, Southbank Sinfonia, Jonathan Santagada (conductor). Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, 22.10.2015 (MB)

The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies; Jette Parker Young Artists; Linbury Studio Theatre; Royal Opera House; Covent Garden; London, UK; 21 October 2015; Left to right: Sandy, First Officer - Samuel Sakker; Arthur, Third Officer - David Shipley; Blazes, Second Officer - Yuriy Yurchuk; Keyboard Colin J. Scott; Conductor - Jonathan Santagada; Director - Greg Eldridge; Designer - Alyson Cummins; Lighting designer - Warren Letton; Photo: © ROH Photographer: CLIVE BARDA
The Lighthouse – Samuel Sakker (Sandy), David Shipley (Arthur) & Yuriy Yurchuk (Blazes)
(c) Clive Barda

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A Wonderfully Satisfying End to the Gewandhausorchester’s Barbican residency

08/11/201525/10/2015 by Alan Sanders
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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Riccardo Chailly (conductor) (c) Mark Allan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Strauss: Martin Fröst (basset clarinet), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 23.10.2015 (AS)  

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Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Impress Again in London

08/11/201524/10/2015 by Alan Sanders
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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Riccardo Chailly (conductor) (c) Mark Allan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart and Strauss: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 22.10.2015 (AS)    

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An Unusual but Enjoyable Programme from Sakari Oramo

25/10/201523/10/2015 by Alan Sanders

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Mozart, Schoenberg, Strauss: BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 21.10.2015 (AS)

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Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Open Their Latest London Residency in Magnificent Style

15/12/201522/10/2015 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Mozart Maria João Pires (piano); Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly. Barbican Hall, London, 20.10.2015 (CC)

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From Darkness To Light – A Concert of Great Promise from the London Firebird Orchestra

16/07/202122/10/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Sibelius, Dvořák: Jennifer Pike (violin), London Firebird Orchestra / George Jackson (conductor). St Paul’s, Covent Garden Piazza, London 20.10.2015. (JPr)

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Well-Rehearsed Covent Garden Carmen Lacks a Dramatic Coup de Grâce

24/10/201521/10/2015 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists and Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 19.10.2015 (JPr)

ROYAL OPERA
Elena Maximova (Carmen) & Bryan Hymel (Don José) (c) Catherine Ashmore

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