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Monthly Archives: July 2016
A haunting, poignant Proms opener from the BBCSO and Sakari Oramo
Prom 1: Sol Gabetta; BBCSO/Sakari Oramo **** Royal Albert Hall, 15th July 2016 At the Last Night of the Proms, a colourful sea of flags billow in the Arena of the Royal Albert Hall. For the First Night of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Nevsky, BBC Proms, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBCSO, Elgar, Olga Borodina, Prokofiev, Sakari Oramo, Sol Gabetta, Tchaikovsky
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Lady of the Lake: Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake glides back to London
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake *** The Australian Ballet, Coliseum, 14th July 2016 “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” Princess Diana’s wry words resonate in Graeme Murphy’s reworking of Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet, premiered in 2002 seven … Continue reading
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Tagged Ako Kondo, Graeme Murphy, Kevin Jackson, Leanne Stojmenov, Nicolette Fraillon, Orchestra of English National Opera, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky, The Australian Ballet
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Belly laugh: Verdi’s Falstaff ends CBSO season in high spirits
Verdi: Falstaff **** Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 13th July 2016 Laughter is indeed the best medicine. As we try and make sense of the continuing political fallout post EU referendum, the CBSO offered the perfect prescription in the ample form of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambrogio Maestri, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Corinne Winters, Edward Gardner, Falstaff, Graham Clark, Jane Henschel, Justina Gringyte, Lukas Jakobski, Nicholas Pallesen, Peter Van Hulle, Sam Furness, Sofia Fomina, Verdi
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London in Liverpool: Manze and RLPO launch new Vaughan Williams cycle in style
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2 & 8 RLPO/Andrew Manze (Onyx 4155) One of the most memorable of Proms concerts in recent years was a trio of Vaughan Williams’ symphonies conducted by Andrew Manze in 2012. He led the BBC Scottish quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Manze, Onyx, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaughan Williams
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Full immersion, total immolation: Götterdämmerung crowns Opera North’s magnificent Ring
Wagner: Götterdämmerung ***** Opera North, Royal Festival Hall, 3rd July 2016 Wagner would have made a dreadful Neighbours scriptwriter. His “Previously inThe Ring” at the start of Götterdämmerung is hardly snappy, as the three Norns wind the rope of destiny and … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Foster-Williams, Chorus of Opera North, Fiona Kimm, Giselle Allen, Götterdämmerung, Heather Shipp, Jeni Bern, Jo Pohlheim, Kelly Cae Hogan, Lee Bisset, Madeleine Shaw, Mati Turi, Mats Almgren, Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Peter Mumford, Richard Farnes, Sarah Castle, Wagner, Yvonne Howard
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