Rimsky-Korsakov
Thamar/ Sheherazade, Les Saisons Russes, London ColiseumThursday, 14 April 2011
We’ve been so well educated or so roundly brainwashed to expect a certain high standard of Russian ballet that to experience the first two programmes of the three offered by the “Russian Seasons" team at the Coliseum, so-called tributes to... Read more... |
Lill, Orchestra of Opera North, González, Leeds Town HallSaturday, 04 December 2010
Outstanding orchestral playing can be found outside London, Manchester and Birmingham. Unlike those cities, Leeds doesn’t have a purpose-built modern concert hall suitable for large-scale concerts, making do with the gaudy Victorian splendour of... Read more... |
Philharmonia, Denève, Royal Festival HallFriday, 09 April 2010
Why, a modish reader might ask, did I go to hear a rum-looking cove conducting a classical lollipop at the Festival Hall when I might have tasted the latest fruits of a controversial prodigy over at the Barbican? First, because there's plenty of... Read more... |
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