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Tag Archives: Haydn
Breaching the fortress: Budapest Festival Orchestra plays away in Ravenna
Iván Fischer/ Budapest Festival Orchestra Rocca Brancaleone, Ravenna, 1st July 2020 The Budapest Festival Orchestra has had a busier lockdown than most. Every member has taken part in its “Quarantine soirées”, streamed chamber recitals often introduced by Iván Fischer himself, occasionally … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Prohaska, Britten, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Haydn, Iván Fischer, Ravenna Festival, Wagner
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Spliced: Mozart, Magdalena and the OAE mix it up
Magdalena Kožená; The OAE/ Giovanni Antonini Royal Festival Hall, 4th February 2019 There was more than a touch of déjà vu at work this evening: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment chopping up a classical symphony and splicing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Giovanni Antonini, Gluck, Haydn, Magdalena Kožená, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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The art of good conversation: an engaging evening of Haydn with the Castalian Quartet
Haydn: Castalian Quartet **** Wigmore Hall, 17th April 2018 We’ve all played the “dream dinner party guest list” game. I’d invite a witty raconteur like Victoria Coren-Mitchell or Stephen Fry to keep things lively; a dashing sporting hero, a glamorous … Continue reading
Zinging Haydn and Mozart from Ádám Fischer and the OAE
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/ Ádám Fischer **** Royal Festival Hall, 27th February 2018 Two years ago, when I told Ádám Fischer that I owned his recorded cycle of the complete Haydn symphonies, he chuckled and apologised, explaining that he didn’t like … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Fischer, Haydn, Mozart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stéphanie d’Oustrac
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Period clarinet heaven from Lorenzo Coppola at Wigmore Hall
Lorenzo Coppola et al **** Wigmore Hall, 10th January 2018 The clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms make the perfect concert pairing. Both were late works inspired by friendships with great musicians – Anton Stadler in Mozart’s case, and Richard … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Katharina Schreiber, Brahms, Emmanuel Balssa, Haydn, Isabelle Faust, Lorenzo Coppola, Mozart, Yoshiko Morita
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