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  London Sinfonietta and Tansy Davies at Kings Place review ****

  London Sinfonietta, Richard Baker (conductor), Tansy Davies (electronics), Elaine Mitchener (mezzo soprano), Elizabeth Burley (piano), Sound Intermedia Kings Place, 9th November 2019 Tansy Davies – Salt box (2005) Tansy Davies – Loophole and Lynchpins (2002-3) Naomi Pinnock – everything does change (2012) Tansy Davies – The rule is love (2019) Tansy Davies – grind show (electric) (2007) Tansy Davies –…

  December 5, 2019
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  Britten Sinfonia Beethoven cycle at the Barbican Hall review *****

  Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Ades (conductor), Barbican Hall, 21st and 26th May 2019 Lawrence Power (viola) Eamonn Dougan (director) Jennifer France (soprano) Christianne Stotjin (alto) Ed Lyon (tenor) Matthew Rose (bass) Britten Sinfonia Voices Choir of Royal Holloway Beethoven – Symphony No 7 in A majpor, Op 92 Gerald Barry –…

  June 10, 2019
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  Julia Wolfe’s Anthracite Fields at King’s Place review *****

  Bang on a Can All Stars, BBC Singers, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) Kings Place Hall One, 19th January 2019 I had heard a few snippets of Julia Wolfe’s compositions but freely admit this was a bit of a leap into the unknown. Still what I had heard seemed interesting, I was keen…

  January 29, 2019
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  My top ten concerts and opera of 2018

  Just a list so I don’t forget. 1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – English National Opera – 4th March Not quite a war-horse of a production but Robert Carsen’s version of Britten’s Shakespearean opera looks, sounds and, well, is just wonderful. 2. Ligeti in Wonderland – South Bank – 11th,…

  January 15, 2019
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  Time Stands Still: Aurora Orchestra at Kings Place review ****

  Aurora Principal Players, Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Sally Pryce (harp), John Reid (piano), Nico Muhly Kings Place, 23rd November 2018 Satie – Gymnopédie No. 3 Thomas Adès – The Lover in Winter Nico Muhly – Clear Music Debussy – Danse Sacrée et Danse profane Brahms – Gestillte Sehnsucht Nico Muhly –…

  December 12, 2018
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  Brodsky Quartet at Kings Place review *****

  Brodsky Quartet, In Time of War Kings Place, 18th November 2018 Karen Tanaka – At the grave of Beethoven Erwin Schulhoff – String Quartet No 1 Shostakovich – String Quartet No 8 Dave Brubeck – Regret George Crumb – Black Angels It’s been donkey’s years since I last saw the…

  December 3, 2018
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  Icebreaker at Kings Place review ****

  Icebreaker: Velocity Kings Place, 5th May 2018 Anna Meredith – Nautilus Michael Gordon – Yo Shakespeare Paul Whitty – nature is a language – can’t you read? David Lang – Slow Movement Louis Andriessen – De snelheid (‘Velocity’) Boundaries. And their close, and troublesome cousins, borders. The bane of human…

  May 11, 2018
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  Bach: The Late Concertos from the Feinstein Ensemble at Kings Place review ****

  The Feinstein Ensemble, Catherine Mason, Miki Takahashi, Sarah Moffatt (violins), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord), Martin Feinstein (flute, director) Kings Place, 13th April 2018 JS Bach Triple Concerto in A minor for flute, violin & harpsichord BWV 1044 Concerto in D minor for violin (reconstructed from BWV 1052) Concerto in F for…

  April 25, 2018
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  Rachel Podger and VOCES8 at Kings Place review ****

  Rachel Podger, VOCES8 – A Guardian Angel Kings Place, 28th March 2018 Orlando Gibbons – Drop, drop slow tears Plainchant – Pater Noster Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – Rosary Sonata No 16 Passacaglia “A Guardian Angel” Jonathan Dove – into thy hands Nicola Matteis – Passaggio rotto, Fantasia, Movimento incognito…

  April 9, 2018
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  Colin Currie Group at Kings Place review ****

  Colin Currie Group Kings Place, 20th January 2018 Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood New York Counterpoint Mallet Quartet Drumming Part 1 Vermont Counterpoint Quartet (2013) So off to Kings Place for another immersion into the sound world of Steve Reich guided by his finest living advocates (probably), the…

  January 29, 2018