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Accademia Bizantina at Milton Court review *****

Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (director) Milton Court Concert Hall, 19th January 2020 Bach the Craftsman: The Art of Fugue In which, as part of a Bach weekend curated by harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, Ottavio Dantone and his troupe of crack HIP strings play the Art of Fugue. I should probably stop there…

March 7, 2020
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Rembrandt’s Light at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (and others) review *****

Rembrandt’s Light Dulwich Picture Gallery, 17th January 2020 The Tourist has been a bit remiss in keeping up the records on art exhibitions over the last few months so in addition to the above he will offer a few thoughts on other visits. Rembrandt‘s Light first. The DPG exhibition space…

March 7, 2020
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Horn Calls: Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall review *****

Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor), Richard Watkins (horn), Allan Clayton (tenor) Royal Festival Hall, 16th January 2020 Carl Maria von Weber – Overture Der Freischütz Mark-Anthony Turnage – Horn Concerto (Towards Alba) Benjamin Britten – Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Broke the golden rule. It…

March 6, 2020
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The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel at Wilton’s Music Hall review ****

The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel Wilton’s Music Hall, 16th January 2020 I was much taken with one of Told By An Idiot’s previous productions Napoleon Disrobed, which featured its co-founder and AD Paul Hunter alongside Ayesha Antoine, whose career unsurprisingly has gone fro strength to strength…

March 6, 2020
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LSO: Beethoven and Berg at the Barbican review ***

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) Barbican Hall, 15th January 2020 Berg – Seven Early Songs Beethoven – Symphony No 7 One of these Half Six Fix early start capers that Sir Si has introduced, a capital idea. A pairing of Berg with Beethoven. Sir Si being…

March 1, 2020
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As You Like It at the Barbican Theatre review ***

As You Like It Barbican Theatre, 15th January 2020 As You Like It? Not really like this. Mind you I have yet to see a production of the play that really bowled me over. The NT production from 2016 directed by Polly Findlay looked great, office chairs becoming the Forest…

March 1, 2020
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prisoner of the state at the Barbican review ****

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Elkhanah Pulitzer (director), Julie Mathevet, Jarrett Ott, Alan Oke, Davóne Tines, BBC Singers Barbican Hall, 11th January 2020 In which American contemporary composer David Lang, co-founder alongside Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon and probably best known for his Pulitzer prize winning the little match…

February 26, 2020
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Measure for Measure at the Barbican Theatre review ****

Measure for Measure Barbican Theatre, 8th January 2020 I like Measure for Measure. I find the weird cocktail of morality play and satirical “comedy” fascinating. No one comes out of it well, not even the ostensibly virtuous Isabella who goes into bat to save brother Claudio from death, but is…

February 25, 2020
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The Duchess of Malfi at the Almeida Theatre ****

The Duchess of Malfi Almeida Theatre, 2nd Jan 2020 No question Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall is talented. Her Summer and Smoke, the dreamy Three Sisters here last year and now this. And for those, like the Tourist, who get a little antsy about her intemperate use of de jour…

February 12, 2020
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The Taming of the Shrew at the Barbican review ***

The Taming of the Shrew Barbican Theatre, 2nd January 2020 What to do with Taming of the Shrew. Pretend the framing device with Sly deceived by Milord gets you off the hook. Not sure audiences buy that. Mine the text very carefully and add detail through direction which undermines the…

February 9, 2020

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