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Monthly Archives: September 2015
The One with Figaro’s Wedding: a deftly directed revival at Covent Garden
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro **** Royal Opera House, 15th September 2015 There are few operas more perfect than Le nozze di Figaro. David McVicar’s production, returning for a fifth time at the Royal Opera, updates the action to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alasdair Elliott, Anita Hartig, Ann Murray, Carlo Lepore, David McVicar, Ellie Dehn, Erwin Schrott, Heather Engebretson, Ivor Bolton, Jeremy White, Kate Lindsey, Krystian Adam, Royal Opera, Stéphane Degout, Tanya McCallin
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Prom 76: Alsop and Kaufmann lead the Last Night revelries
Last Night of the Proms; BBCSO/Alsop Royal Albert Hall, 12th September 2015 And so it ends. Eight weeks have sped past, there’s an autumnal chill in the air (though to be fair, it was there for much of August… and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Proms, BBCSO, Benjamin Grosvenor, Danielle de Niese, Jonas Kaufmann, Marin Alsop, Pärt, Richard Strauss, Shostakovich
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Prom 73: Bychkov and the Vienna Philharmonic bask in glowing Brahms and ravishing Schmidt
Brahms, Schmidt: Vienna Philharmonic/Bychkov ***** Royal Albert Hall, 10th September 2015 Imagine the musical love child of Strauss and Bruckner: luscious strings, wind chorales, hints of Austrian Ländler, opulent orchestration. This provides an indication of the sound world of Franz … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Proms, Brahms, Schmidt, Semyon Bychkov, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Prom 70: Vivid storytelling in softened Russian accents from the St Petersburg Philharmonic
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov/ St Petersburg Philharmonic/ Temirkanov **** Royal Albert Hall, 7th September 2015 I’m not sure where Sinbad was sailing to in the St Petersburg Philharmonic’s Prom last night, but he sure wanted to get there in a hurry. … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Proms, Nikolai Lugansky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky, Yuri Temirkanov
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