Feb
2010
Articles from 19th Feb 2010
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Juliet Allen and Helen Edgar, at Edgbaston Old Church
Feb 19 2010 | Music
“Wish me luck!” pianist Juliet Allen urged the audience as she embarked on Liszt’s fiendishly difficult operatic paraphrase on the waltz from Gounod’s Faust. Sometimes it seemed like negotiating hairpin bends in a Toyota with the accelerator stuck. Read
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CBSO/Viennese Classics, at Symphony Hall
Feb 19 2010 | Music
Just a handful of days ago the CBSO delivered sumptuous, glittering accounts of Richard Strauss’ Alpensinfonie and Stravinsky’s Firebird ballet. Read
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The Midland Sinfonia, at The Artrix, Bromsgrove
Feb 19 2010 | Music
An ensemble of eight cellos alone might seem a limiting combination, but as the personable young conductor Richard Laing pointed out during Saturday’s concert, the instrument can in fact span the entire range of the human voice, from basso profundo to coloratura soprano. Read
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Reward for Trotter's efforts
Feb 19 2010 | Music
ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN/ THOMAS TROTTER Read
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Amateur orchestras rising to the challenge
Feb 19 2010 | Music
Passionate amateurs who love a challenge are the heart and soul of orchestral music, writes Christopher Morley Read
