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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Scorch marks: Searing Rachmaninov from Gergiev and the LSO
Rachmaninov: LSO/Gergiev **** Barbican, 11th November 2014 Fluttering fingers and jabbing a toothpick baton, it’s difficult see how an orchestra can follow the beat – any beat – indicated by Valery Gergiev. Yet the London Symphony Orchestra plays for him … Continue reading
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Tagged Balakirev, Denis Matsuev, Rachmaninov, Valery Gergiev
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Yuri Temirkanov charms London in St Petersburg invasion
St Petersburg Philharmonic/Temirkanov **** Royal Festival Hall, 8th November 2014 “Never look encouragingly at the brass,” was one of Richard Strauss’ conducting commandments. Yuri Temirkanov took this maxim to heart, barely looking at any members of his St Petersburg Philharmonic … Continue reading
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Tagged Liadov, Maxim Vengerov, Shostakovich, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky, Yuri Temirkanov
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Opera Rara: Donizetti’s Les Martyrs a revelation
Donizetti: Les Martyrs ***** Opera Rara, Royal Festival Hall, 4th November 2014 There is no shortage of rare Donizetti operas set in exotic locations – Emilia di Liverpool, Zoroaida di Granata, Harrison di Accrington (okay, artistic license exercised on that final one) – so … Continue reading
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Tagged Brindley Sherratt, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Donizetti, Joyce El-Khoury, Les Martyrs, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Opera Rara, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans
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Glyndebourne’s La traviata on tour: or What the Maid Saw
Verdi: La traviata ** Glyndebourne on Tour, Woking, 1st November 2014 Verdi never met Marie Duplessis, for she died five months before the composer’s first visit to Paris, but he was deeply touched by her fate, to be related through … Continue reading
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Tagged David Afkham, Eddie Wade, Emanuele D’Aguanno, Evez Abdulla, Glyndebourne, La traviata, Natasha Jouhl, Tom Cairns, Verdi
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