Tag: Barbican Hall
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Monteverdi Vespers at the Barbican Hall review *****
The Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM, Robert Howarth, Louise Alder, Rowan Pierce, Thomas Hobbs, Charles Daniels Barbican Hall, 23rd June 2017 It was the Academy of Ancient Music and its choir performing Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers. It was bound to get 5 stars. If you have spent your…
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Murray Perahia at the Barbican Hall review ***
Murray Perahia Barbican Hall, 11th June 2017 J S Bach – French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 142, D 935 Mozart – Rondo in A minor, K 511 Beethoven -Sonata No 32 in C minor, Op 111 Murray Perahia is a great…
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Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****
Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades Barbican Hall, 6th June 2017 Gerard Barry – Chevaux-de-frise Beethoven – Symphony No 3 in E Flat Major. Op 55 “Eroica” That Beethoven eh. Too busy being a genius to get a decent haircut. Another reason why he is my sort of bloke. I have raved…
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Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at the Barbican Hall *****
Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades, Mark Stone Barbican Hall, 2nd June 2017 Gerard Barry – Beethoven Beethoven – Symphony No 1 in C Major, Op 21 Beethoven – Symphony No 2 in D, Op 36 After the chamber concert earlier in the week reviewed here – Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Ades at…
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London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican review ****
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Sir Mark Elder, London Symphony Orchestra Barbican Hall, 7th May 2017 Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Rimsky-Korsakov – Prelude to Khovanshchina Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 Shostakovich – Symphony No.15 in A major Op.141 Who’d be a Russian composer eh. Mussorgsky drinks himself to death at 42…
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Bach’s St John Passion at the Barbican Hall review ****
Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices Barbican Hall, 14th April 2017 Britten Sinfonia Mark Padmore – Evangelist/director Jacqueline Shave – leader/director Simon Russell Beale – speaker Britten Sinfonia Voices JS Bach – St John’s Passion They were a glum looking bunch these great classical composers weren’t they? It is alright for us with…
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