Category: Suite
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Prom 71 The Dunedin Consort at the Royal Albert Hall review ****
Prom 71 – Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor) Royal Albert Hall, 11th September 2019 JS Bach – Orchestral Suites 1-4 Nico Muhly – Tambourin Stevie Wishart – The Last Dance? Ailie Robertson – Chaconne Stuart MacRae – Courante No need to delay too long on the JSB. Last seen and…
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Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Concertgebouw review ****
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (violin) Het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, 19th June 2019 Detlev Glanert – Weites Land Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 Bedrich Smetana – Vysehrad, De Moldau and Sárka from Má vlast There’s a clue in the title. The Tourist finds himself…
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Bach Orchestral Suites: OAE at Queen Elizabeth Hall review ****
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Margaret Faultless (director/violin), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Queen Elizabeth Hall, 14th May 2019 Okey dokey pig in a pokey. There has been a grumpy tone in the last few posts that the workshy Tourist, courtesy of an imagined pep talk from Pauline, is resolved to…
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English Chamber Orchestra at Cadogan Hall review *****
English Chamber Orchestra, Jessica Cottis (conductor), Ben Johnson (tenor), Ben Goldscheider (horn) Cadogan Hall, 16th March 2019 Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op.31 Purcell/Britten – Suite of Six Songs from Orpheus Britannicus Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite I love Britten’s Serenade, first…
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Philippe Herreweghe and Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall review ****
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor),Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Royal Festival Hall, 21st February 2019 JS Bach – Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Mozart – Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 Mozart – Symphony No.41 (Jupiter) A rare opportunity to hear modern instruments tackle some core Baroque and Classical orchestral repertoire in an HIP style,…
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