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Berlioz with a bronze glow as Benvenuto Cellini crowns 150th anniversary

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Prom 59: Benvenuto Cellini Gardiner/ ORR, Royal Albert Hall, 2nd September 2019 “Concert performance” the Proms Guide had announced, primly underselling what turned out to be an exuberant “production” – fully costumed, if without many actual props – of Berlioz’ … Continue reading →

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Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Mark Pullinger

Handel: Semele Alexandra Palace, 2nd May 2019 “Behold a new-erected palace rise!” Iris tells Juno in Act 2 of Semele. Alexandra Palace wasn’t even built when Handel’s “bawdy opera” was premiered in Covent Garden in 1744, but its theatre is … Continue reading →

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The tongs and the bones: Vivid Mendelssohn from Gardiner and the LSO

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Mendelssohn: LSO/Gardiner **** Barbican Hall, 16th February 2016 Recapturing one’s youth is a favourite preoccupation of thirty-somethings. Few recaptured it quite as vivaciously as Felix Mendelssohn. Sixteen years after composing his A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture – all gossamer wings … Continue reading →

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