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Friday, 17 January 2020

Creating and performing on equal terms: Able Orchestra makes its North-West debut at the ABO Conference

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Able Orchestra in March 2019 (Photo Mark Nelson/Inspire Culture Nottingham/TRCH/Metronome Photographs) Able Orchestra will make its deb...

European song exploration: Malcolm Martineau's Decades - A Century of Song reaches the 1840s

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Decades - A Century of Song: Volume 4 - Schumann, Dargomyzhshky, Franck, Donizetti, Lindblad, Josephson, Geijer, Mendelssohn; Anush Hov...
Thursday, 16 January 2020

Intimate Voices

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Ainola, the home of Jean Sibelius in Järvenpää, Finland Jean Sibelius is one of those composers whom we think we know, but whose work ex...

An engaging Baroque recital from City Music Foundation artist, Anna Cavaliero

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Anna Cavaliero Monteverdi, Handel, Strozzi; Anna Cavaliero, William Cole; City Music Foundation at church of St Bartholomew the Less ...
Wednesday, 15 January 2020

From rare Donizetti to Rosina Storchio: 50 years of Opera Rara

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Rosina Storchio This season, Opera Rara is celebrating its 50th anniversary and to kick the celebrations off soprano Ermonela Jaho, acc...

Notable debut: the Armenian State Symphony orchestra's first Barbican appearance gave us music from Armenia alongside Bruch and Ravel with the orchestra's artist in residence, Maxim Vengerov

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Armenian State Symphony Orchestra (Photo Lusine Sargsyan) Alexey Shor, John Ter-Tatevosian, Max Bruch, Maurice Ravel; Maxim Vengerov, ...
Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Kurt Schwertsik and Stephen Barlow: percussionist Colin Currie joins the Northern Chamber Orchestra

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Colin Currie (Photo Linda Nylind) Scottish percussionist Colin Currie will be joining the Northern Chamber Orchestra at its next concer...

An anarchic approach to the every day: Bastard Assignments debut album

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Bastard Assignments; Bastard Assignments (Caitlin Rowley, Timothy Cape, Edward Henderson, Josh Spear) Reviewed by Robert Hugill on ...

Jack Liebeck: Émile Sauret Professor of Violin, and Australian Festival of Chamber Music

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Jack Liebeck (Photo Kaupo Kikkas) The violinist Jack Liebeck has been named as Émile Sauret Professor of Violin at the Royal Academy of...
Monday, 13 January 2020

End of an Era: Michael Volpe to step down as General Director of Opera Holland Park

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Michael Volpe After 31 years at the company, Michael Volpe will be stepping down as general director of Opera Holland Park at the end of...
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Bach to the Beatles: Miloš on tour

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Miloš - (Photo Melanie Gomez Photography) The classical guitarist Miloš is currently embarking on a solo recital tour, taking in venues ...

Songs from the Soil - Theatre of Voices launches Kings Place's Nature Unwrapped season

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Songs from the Soil - Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier, Christopher Bowers Broadbent - Kings Place (Photo Viktor Erik Emanuel/Kings Place...
Saturday, 11 January 2020

Strong revival: a well-balanced cast bring a sense of enjoyment to Richard Jones' highly theatrical production of Puccini's La Bohème at the Royal Opera House

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Puccini: La Bohèm e - Charles Castronovo, Simona Mihai - Royal Opera ((C) ROH 2020. Photo by Tristram Kenton) Puccini La Bohème ; Sim...
Friday, 10 January 2020

The music around him: a look at Mozart as he writes Mitridate, Re di Ponto in The Mozartists '1770 - a retrospective' at Wigmore Hall

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Mozart in January 1770 (School of Verona, attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli ) 1770 - a retrospective - Mozart, Vanhal, GLuck, Hay...

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Last Postcard from Sanday helps launch the Royal Academy of Music's ambitious 200 Pieces project

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Royal Academy of Music's Angela Burgess Recital Hall The Royal Academy of Music will be 200 in 2022, the world's second oldest ...
Thursday, 9 January 2020

Musica Non Grata: marking the re-opening of Prague State Opera

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Prague State Opera (Photo Jakub Fulín) Prague State Opera (Státní Opera) recently re-opened after a three-year closure for renovation, w...
Wednesday, 8 January 2020

Handel Uncaged: chamber cantatas revealed in new context by Lawrence Zazzo on Inventa

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Handel Uncaged - Cantatas for Alto Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 7 January 2020 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Two world premiere recor...

Why is Beethoven still relevant today? - Royal Northern Sinfonia's Beethoven 2020: The Next Generation series in Middlesbrough Town Hall

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On 23 January 2020, the Royal Northern Sinfonia will launch a five-concert series at Middlesbrough Town Hall celebrating Beethoven's ...
Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Haydn’s The Creation at the Bartók National Concert Hall (Müpa Budapest) by Concentus Musicus Wien and the Purcell Choir produced a memorable performance under Ádám Fischer

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Emőke Baráth, Dávid Szigetvári, Ádám Fischer, Thomas E Bauer, Concentus Musicus Wien Bartók National Concert Hall (Müpa Budapest) © Gábor...

The other concertos: Mendelssohn's Double Concerto & Piano Concerto from the Stankov Ensemble

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Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 , Double Concerto ; Ivo Stankov, Lachezar Stankov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Linus Lerner; Meridian...