Dec
2009
Articles from 4th Dec 2009
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Ingrid Jensen joining rush-hour jazz gig in Coventry
Dec 04 2009 | Music
It was Thanksgiving in the United States last week and, as is traditional, the Maria Schneider Orchestra was in residence at the Jazz Standard, a classy basement club in mid-town Manhattan. Read
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Robin Campbell's 30 years with UB40
Dec 04 2009 | Music
In their 30 years together, the last two must go down as one of the busiest and most traumatic periods in UB40’s history. Read
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Review: CBSO/Great Romantics at Symphony Hall
Dec 04 2009 | Music
When it comes to painting pictures in music Andris Nelsons is in his element. Liadov’s tone poem The Enchanted Lake, the magical, ravishingly played opener to Saturday’s concert, was so delicately defined you could almost see diaphanous forms emerging from the orchestral mists. Read
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Review: Ex Cathedra/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Birmingham Town Hall
Dec 04 2009 | Music
There’s something strangely satisfying about the idea of Ex Cathedra using London’s Royal Festival Hall as a warm-up for the main event back home in Birmingham Town Hall, and that’s how I like to think of the choir’s recent travels with Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. Read
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Review: CBSO performs Haydn's Creation, at Symphony Hall
Dec 04 2009 | Music
Andris Nelsons often refers to the “family” atmosphere at the CBSO, and this performance of Haydn’s Creation certainly glowed with it. Read
