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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Prom 14: LSO’s tag-team Prokofiev triumphs in the five piano concertos
Prokofiev: LSO/Gergiev **** Royal Albert Hall, 28th July 2015 Last week, Leif Ove Andsnes performed all five Beethoven piano concertos over three evenings at the Proms. Valery Gergiev must chuckle at such lack of ambition! Instead, he and the London … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Volodin, BBC Proms, Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan, Valery Gergiev
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Storgårds’ sturdy Nielsen cycle with the BBC Philharmonic
Nielsen: Symphonies 1-6 (Chandos CHAN 10859(3)) One of the major disappointments in this season’s BBC Proms schedule is the absence of a Nielsen symphony cycle in this, the composer’s 150th anniversary year. However, the Beeb has done the great Dane … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Philharmonic, Chandos, John Storgårds, Nielsen
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Handel vs Vivaldi: Roberta Invernizzi dazzles in Baroque battle at Wigmore Hall
Vivaldi, Handel/ Roberta Invernizzi **** Wigmore Hall, 21st July 2015 Handel versus Vivaldi, London versus Venice: in an operatic head-to-head, Handel would emerge triumphant for most Baroque buffs. In 1712, Handel conquered the Venetian public with his Agrippina. By the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fabio Bonizzoni, Handel, La Risonanza, Roberta Invernizzi, Vivaldi
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One-shot saloon: Operalia 2015 a triumph for the ladies
Operalia Competition Royal Opera House, 19th July 2015 Operalia is a curious beast among voice competitions. The heats take place behind closed doors – in this year’s case, deep in the bowels of the Royal Opera House’s very own Nibelheim, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Carroll, Bongani Justice Kubheka, Darren Pene Pati, Edward Parks, Hye Sang Park, Ioan Hotea, Julien Behr, Kiandra Howarth, Lise Davidsen, Operalia, Plácido Domingo, Tobias Greenhalgh, Vuvu Mpofu
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Betrothal and Betrayal in JPYA’s end of term performance at the Royal Opera
Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance *** Royal Opera House, 18th July 2015 School’s out for summer and with it the opportunity for the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists to showcase their talents in the end of term main … Continue reading
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Tagged Anush Hovhannisyan, Greg Eldridge, James Platt, Jihoon Kim, Jonathan Santagada, Kiandra Howarth, Lauren Fagan, Luis Gomes, Michele Gamba, Nelly Miricioiu, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Paul Wynne Griffiths, Rachel Kelly, Royal Opera, Samuel Dale Johnson, Samuel Sakker, Yuriy Yurchuk
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