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Joined April 2009
Really enjoyed Shifting Patterns from @ScotEnsemble at @perthTCH Hypnotic Górecki and very lively @AnnaHMeredith with zany visuals from @ewanjonesmorris Meredith's music could be at home in the concert hall or rock festival. Reviewed @bachtrack
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Jonathan Morton leads the Scottish Ensemble in Górecki’s extraordinary Quasi una fantasia, before diving headlong into seven Anna Meredith tracks, featuring visuals by Ewan Jones Morris.
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Still pushing boundaries: Scottish Ensemble’s Shifting Patterns in Perth ✍️ David Smythe https://t.co/274dZmFYM8
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Jonathan Morton leads the Scottish Ensemble in Górecki’s extraordinary Quasi una fantasia, before diving headlong into seven Anna Meredith tracks, featuring visuals by Ewan Jones Morris.
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Mambo! The Tokyo Philharmonic and Myung-whun Chung launch European tour in Berlin @tpo1911 ✍️ Elena Luporini https://t.co/2BrMDFd6hT
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The Tokyo Philharmonic visits the Berlin Philharmonie to bring finesse to a catchy programme featuring Bernstein, Gershwin and Prokofiev.
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Breadth and structure: Bychkov and the @CzechPhil master Lotte Concert Hall ✍️ SangKwon Lee https://t.co/tyZmbHbDwq
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In a notoriously tricky acoustic, the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov make the Lotte Concert hall feel like theirs in a programme of Dvořák and Tchaikovsky.
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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic launch US tour impressively at @carnegiehall @SeoulPhil ✍️ Susan Stempleski https://t.co/IXxvoAQspa
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In their first visit to the US in over a decade, the Seoul Philharmonic display their abundant skills in a crowd-pleasing program pairing two concert staples with an impressive American premiere.
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Reflections and frenzy: Boulanger and Stravinsky from Karina Canellakis and the @LPOrchestra ✍️ Susannah Moody https://t.co/8NO2vs9ami
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A compelling evening from the London Philharmonic Orchestra tackles different themes of spring, showing gracefulness in Lili Boulanger’s works and beating up a frenzy in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
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Northern Ballet's Little Red Riding Hood: a fully engaged audience @northernballet ✍️ Daniel Pratt https://t.co/gmL0TNzrv7
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Northern Ballet's Little Red Riding Hood gives young ones a perfect introduction to ballet, without any teeth.
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German orchestra votes to cancel world premiere of new violin concerto https://t.co/Udcv7fBs0u
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Soloist Carolin Widmann was due to perform Clara Iannotta’s new violin concerto later this week – until Essen Philharmonic took a vote to effectively cancel the performance
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Trumpeter Katie Smith: a fourth generation at the @londonsymphony
https://t.co/c7rsamVpo3
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Trumpeter Katie Smith has become the fourth generation of her family to join the London Symphony Orchestra, a lineage stretching back to the 1930s.
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Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande as a dark, shining fairy tale in Geneva @GrandTheatreGE ✍️ Elodie Olson-Coons https://t.co/jemcxxXCiC
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A maximalist production of Pelléas et Mélisande at Geneva's Grand Théâtre shines, but tries a little too hard.
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Mezzo-soprano Ekaterine Buachidze and baritone Mihai Damian win Operalia 2025 https://t.co/y3QItXoRiR
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Prestigious opera competition Operalia, held this year in Sofia, Bulgaria, is open to singers of all voice types between 20 and 32 years old.
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Who needs an orchestra? Benjamin Grosvenor plays Pictures at an Exhibition @southbankcentre ✍️ Roy Westbrook https://t.co/sPQJVsp0Ec
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Benjamin Grosvenor tackles pianistic beasts by Chopin, Ravel and Mussorgsky in his Queen Elizabeth Hall recital.
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Graceful Schubert from @the_halle and Elena Schwarz at Bridgewater Hall ✍️ Rohan Shotton https://t.co/XfcO9w2ZWT
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In her debut with the orchestra. Elena Schwarz conducts The Hallé in music by Britten, Unsuk Chin and Schubert.
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Rudolf Buchbinder completes @SingaporeSymph Beethoven concerto cycle in style ✍️ Chang Tou Liang https://t.co/kkXxau8f3t
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Love fills the air as two Carl Nielsen cantatas are premiered in Singapore under Michał Nesterowicz.
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Rococo, sorcerers and puppets: Daniel Müller-Schott and the @sydsymph ✍️ Zoltán Szabó https://t.co/qRGeFlxJi3
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A delightful programme welcomes conductor Lionel Bringuier and returning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott to Sydney.
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Estonian Festival Orchestra make @carnegiehall debut with an evening of Arvo Pärt ✍️ David Wolfson https://t.co/ZUI2Zqhowp
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Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra don’t skirt all the pitfalls of a single-composer program in an all-Pärt evening at Carnegie Hall.
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For today’s 200th anniversary of the “Waltz King” Johann Strauss II, @bachsheirswaltz and I selected a celebratory top ten playlist 🥂🍾 https://t.co/R2PDnEtRtx
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Music ran through the veins of Johann Strauss II and – despite his father’s opposition – he went on to compose many of the greatest waltzes ever.
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@bachtrack Seems most of the classical music world wishes to ignore this 200th anniversary. He was a major figure a hugely influential composer! Yet the Proms ignored it I've seen nothing really announced anywhere in London!
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Visiting Vienna this Johann Strauss bicentenary year? Mark and Elisabeth take you on a guided tour of significant Strauss sites: https://t.co/3ztJaG800Q
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Take a guided tour in 3/4 time through Vienna as Mark and Elisabeth visit some of the key Strauss locations in the city.
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