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Tag Archives: Edward Gardner
Grieg’s Piano Concerto from Bergen… and Reykjavík!
Ólafsson, Gardner/ Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Grieghallen, Bergen & Harpa, Reykjavík, 24th May 2020 With lots of online attention focused on Glyndebourne’s “Open House” screening of its 2012 Figaro yesterday evening, this live concert slipped in under the wire, almost unnoticed. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Grieg, Víkingur Ólafsson
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Gardner chisels out the bigger picture in Sibelius 2
Prom 52: Bergen PO/ Gardner **** Royal Albert Hall, 21st August 2018 The Bergen Philharmonic was in pretty good shape when Edward Gardner took over as Chief Conductor in October 2015, but it continues to go from strength to strength under his leadership. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Alina Ibragimova, BBC Proms, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Sibelius, Wagner, Wallin
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Netrebko in majestic form as Tatyana in Paris Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin *** Opéra de Paris, Bastille, 16th May 2017 The operatic merry-go-round is a strange beast. In April, Peter Mattei and Anna Netrebko were starring together in Deborah Warner’s production of Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera, the final … Continue reading
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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