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Charles Owen impresses in Bach and Schubert

03/07/201118/05/2011 by Stan

Bach, Ravel, Schubert: Charles Owen (piano). Wigmore Hall. London. 12.5.2011 (KC)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Ken Carter, London

Charles Rosen disappoints in Chopin

03/07/201117/05/2011 by Stan

Chopin: Charles Rosen (piano). Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 15.5.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

Gergiev and the LSO excel in Russian music

03/07/201117/05/2011 by Stan

Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Yefim Bronfman (Piano), Philip Cobb (Trumpet), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor). Barbican Hall, London 15.5.2011 (RBB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Robert Beattie

London Eighth Symphony commemorates the centenary of Mahler’s death

03/07/201117/05/2011 by Stan

Mahler’s Eighth – ‘Symphony of a Thousand’: Vivace Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, The London Chorus, Romsey Choral Society, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 15.5.2011 (JPr)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Jim Pritchard, London

Met Live Die Walküre has Problems with an Ambitious Set

30/12/202016/05/2011 by Jim Pritchard

Wagner, Die Walküre, Metropolitan Opera’s latest HD transmission: (directed for TV by Gary Halfvorson) live to the Barbican Cinema, London. 14.5.2011. (JPr)

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Categories Broadcasts and Film, Broadcasts, Musicals, & Others, International Opera, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jim Pritchard, London

An Evening with Dutch National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells

03/07/201116/05/2011 by Stan

Dutch National Ballet – Hans van Manen: Master of Dance: An evening with the Dutch National Ballet performing choreographies by Hans van Manen, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. 14.5.2011 (MMB)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags London, Margarida Mota-Bull

Tchaikovsky from the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

03/07/201115/05/2011 by Stan

Tchaikovsky: Dinara Alieva (soprano), Andrei Grigoriev (baritone), Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). Cadogan Hall, 12.5.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry

The Tallis Scholars in Concert

03/07/201113/05/2011 by Stan

Victoria and Palestrina: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London 10.5.2011 (MB)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags London, Mark Berry
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