Tag Archives: Kirill Karabits

Binge-listening: a bumper Beethoven Weekender at the Barbican

Beethoven Weekender Barbican, 1st & 2nd February 2020 Ludwig overload? There are going to be many Beethoven cycles performed during this 250th anniversary year but probably none as concentrated as this: a binge-listen to the nine symphonies in just thirty … Continue reading

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Russian flames: Nemanja Radulović and Kirill Karabits set The Anvil alight

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/ Karabits ***** The Anvil, Basingstoke, 19th April 2018 This Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concert under Kirill Karabits was billed under the title “Bohemian Fire” and it certainly didn’t contravene the Trades Descriptions Act. Rachmaninov dedicated his Caprice bohémien to Anna Lodyzhenskaya, the … Continue reading

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Prom 34 Turbulent storms: Grimes revisited and earthy Prokofiev from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Britten/Korngold/Prokofiev: Bournemouth SO/Karabits *** Royal Albert Hall, 10th August 2015 Yesterday marked the 120th anniversary of the very first Prom concert, held in the Queen’s Hall. The programme cover for that 1895 concert doesn’t list the repertoire, but it wouldn’t … Continue reading

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