Wednesday, 29 December 2021

Tally of performances attended, 2021

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Another strange and, let us hope, highly unrepresentative year, if not quite so strange as last year . As usual, I have counted any composer...
Wednesday, 22 December 2021

'Hymns to the Virgin': Tallis Scholars/Phillips - Lassus, Josquin, Guerrero, Martin, Stravinsky, Pärt, and Isaac, 21 December 2021

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St John’s Smith Square Lassus: Alma redemptoris mater Josquin: Missa Ave maris stella Guerrero: Maria Magdalene et altera Maria ; Ave virg...
Monday, 20 December 2021

Britten Sinfonia/Watkin - Handel, Messiah, 16 December 2021

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Barbican Hall Harriet Eyley (soprano) Jess Dandy (contralto) Stuart Jackson (tenor) James Newby (baritone) Choir of Jesus College, Cambrid...
Monday, 13 December 2021

Gerhaher/Huber - Brahms, 12 December 2021

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Wigmore Hall Neun Lieder and Gesänge , op.32; Vier ernste Gesänge , op.121; Meine Lieder , op.106 no.4; Geheimnis , op.71 no.3; Die Mainac...
Sunday, 12 December 2021

Tosca, Royal Opera, 8 December 2021

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Royal Opera House Cesare Angelotti – Yuriy Yurchuk Sacristan – Jeremy White Mario Cavaradossi – Bryan Hymel, Freddie De Tommaso Floria Tos...
Thursday, 2 December 2021

'A Catalan Celebration': London Sinfonietta/Colomer - Gerhard, Magrané, García-Tomás, and Illean, 1 December 2021

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Queen Elizabeth Hall Roberto Gerhard: Libra Joan Magrané Figuera: Faula Raquel García-Tomás: aequae Lisa Illean: Januaries Gerhard: Leo...
Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Cooper - Schubert, Ravel, and Liszt, 28 November 2021

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Wigmore Hall Schubert: Piano Sonata no.16 in A minor, D 845 Ravel: Sonatine Liszt: Années de pèlerinage: Troisieme année , S 163: ‘Les jeux...

Die Zauberflöte, Royal College of Music, 26 November 2021

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Britten Theatre Sarastro – Jamie Woollard Tamino – Ted Black Speaker – Dafydd Allen Teachers – Henry Wright, Sam Harris Queen of the Night –...
Sunday, 28 November 2021

L'Heure espagnole and Gianni Schicchi, Royal Academy of Music, 25 November 2021

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Susie Sainsbury Theatre Concepcíon – Bernadette Johns Ramiro – Will Pate Don Iñigo Gomez – Michael Ronan Torquemada – Ryan Vaughan Davies Go...
Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Hewitt - Mozart, Messiaen, and Chopin, 23 November 2021

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Wigmore Hall Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major, KV 309/284b Messiaen: Préludes : ‘La colombe’, ‘Le nombre léger’, ‘Instants défunts’, ‘Les so...
Sunday, 21 November 2021

Die Walküre, English National Opera, 19 November 2021

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Coliseum Siegmund – Nicky Spence Sieglinde – Emma Bell Hunding – Brindley Sherratt Wotan – Matthew Rose Brünnhilde – Rachel Nicholls Fricka ...
Saturday, 20 November 2021

Philharmonia/Schiff - Mozart, 18 November 2021

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Royal Festival Hall Piano Concerto no.9 in E-flat major, KV 271 Symphony no.36 in C major, KV 425, ‘Linz’ Don Giovanni , KV 527: Overture Pi...
Friday, 12 November 2021

Chamayou/LSO/Roth - Gossec, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven, 11 November 2021

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Barbican Hall Gossec: Symphonie à 17 parties in F major, Rh 64 Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.22 Beethoven: Symphony no....
Monday, 8 November 2021

LPO/Gardner - Haydn and Bartók, 6 November 2021

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Royal Festival Hall Haydn: Symphony no.90 in C major, Hob.I:90 Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle Ildikó Komlósi (soprano) John Relyea (bass) London...