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Tag Archives: Richard Strauss
Pushing the limits: Asmik Grigorian
Interview: Asmik Grigorian Really proud of this cover story for Gramophone – a soprano I greatly admire, but who hasn’t always seemed to enjoy doing interviews. We had a blast! And that cover must surely be the coolest Gramo has … Continue reading
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Tagged Asmik Grigorian, Gramophone, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Salome, Turandot
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Schubertian joy from Welser-Möst and the Vienna Philharmonic
Welser-Möst/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 21st June 2020 Where its first subscription concert after the resumption of musical life was sober, serious, even defiant, here the Vienna Philharmonic let its hair down and had fun. Franz Welser-Möst, … Continue reading
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Tagged Franz Welser-Möst, Musikverein, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Dangerous Liaisons and Magic Horns close Oxford Lieder
Louise Alder, Nikolay Borchev, Konstantin Krimmel Oxford Lieder, 26th October 2019 There is something deliciously perverse about opening the final recital of a 16-day, 80-event song festival with an opera overture, but Sholto Kynoch, pianist, artistic director and programming mastermind … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, Doriana Tchakarova, Konstantin Krimmel, Loewe, Louise Alder, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nikolay Borchev, Oxford Lieder, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Sholto Kynoch, Wolf
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Viennese whirls and Finnish chills from Nézet-Séguin and the Bavarian RSO
Prom 17: Nézet-Séguin/ Bavarian RSO Royal Albert Hall, 31st July 2019 Pinch me. Hours after the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s second Prom of the season ended, I’m still floating on air somewhere high above South Kensington, grinning broadly at their … Continue reading
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Tagged Bavarian RSO, BBC Proms, Gil Shaham, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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