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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Chorus, Neville Marriner (cond.), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Saturday 28 January 2006, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (cond.), Tim Hugh (cello), Saturday 12 November 2005, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Russian orchestras are always a big draw for audiences, and the Moscow Philharmonic under Yuri Simonov performed to a packed Symphony Hall. The audience clearly enjoyed the programme, which included Elgar’s Cello Concerto and the Fifth Symphony of Tchaikovsky,...[More] Berg: Wozzeck. Welsh National Opera, 1 April 2005, Birmingham Hippodrome Alban Berg’s landmark 1922 opera, Wozzeck, is probably best described to musicians and non-musicians alike as ‘difficult’. Both the director (Richard Jones) and conductor (Vladimir Jurowski) of this new production have called it a ‘psycho-trip’. Despite...[More] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Vassily Sinaisky, Tuesday 25th January 2005, Symphony Hall, Birmingham The evening’s highlight was a thrilling performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major by young virtuoso Julian Bliss, making his second visit to Birmingham. At the age of fifteen (and recently the subject of a documentary series about gifted children),...[More] St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, 11 March 2003, Symphony Hall, Birmingham Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto is not only one of the most magnificent instrumental concertos, it is undoubtedly one of the most popular pieces of classical music today. On 11 March it was the centrepiece in a concert of Russian music performed by the...[More] The Endellion Quartet, 5th February 2003, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham The Barber Institute’s Celebrity concert series regularly provides a treat of an evening. The first of 2003 featured the Endellion Quartet, one of the world’s finest string quartets who have performed at nearly all the major UK concert series and festivals...[More] Mark Tucker/Paula Chateauneuf, 20th November 2002, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham Drama and emotion in great measure were on display at this Barber Celebrity Concert, entitled ‘Songs of Passion’. Inspired by the life and work of Anthony van Dyck, the concert was staged in connection with the Institute’s current exhibition of the artist’s...[More] Katia and Marielle Labèque, 29th October 2002, Symphony Hall, Birmingham The audience were close to dancing in the aisles, I could sense, as this electrifying performance came to a close. A crowd-pleasing, yet interesting programme featuring the unusual ensemble of two pianos, percussion and electronics began with Three Preludes...[More] Prom 44: Abado/GMYO, 20th August 2002, Albert Hall, London I was fortunate enough to experience this most exciting of performances as a Prommer. Standing within a few metres of the orchestra one could feel the energy of the young players as they brought us a diverse, yet hugely rewarding, programme of music from...[More] |
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