Category: Review
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Royal Philharmonic and Alexander Kantorow at the BBC Proms 2023
There are few guarantees in classical music programmes, but I’m increasingly of the mind that the partnership of the RPO and Petrenko is one of them.
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VOCES8, Ola Gjeilo and the Carducci String Quartet at the Mindful Mix Prom
Sophisticated contemporary classical deserves a seat at the table at the BBC Proms. Gjeilo, VOCES8, the Carducci’s and Ruth Aspinall did good.
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Risk-taking crowd-pleasers: Manchester Collective and Laura van der Heijden at Cheltenham
24 hours at Cheltenham and a chance to hear music by Schnittke, Kilar, Caroline Shaw in performances from Manchester Collective & Laura van der Heijden.
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Academy of Ancient Music play Beethoven 6 at Barbican
Not wholly fantastic. A bit too fast. But the woodwind were fantastic.
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Review: Tsoy and Kolesnikov play Bach and Shostakovich at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Easily the best thing at Aldeburgh this week.
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Review: BBC Phil plays Britten Violin Concerto and Sibelius 5 at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Power and verve from the BBC Philharmonic and Simone Lamsma
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Review: Pavel Kolesnikov at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
Less gimmick, more a multi-sensory experience that increased attention on the music. Some of the upper frequencies lacked quality.
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Review: ‘Giant’ at Aldeburgh Festival 2023
‘Giant’ deserves a much-longer run. I really hope it gets one soon. More people need to see it.
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Review: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with pianist Barry Douglas
A hasty Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 at Cadogan Hall
