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Month: October 2017

Savall at the Wigmore

Posted on October 30, 2017November 4, 2017 by Michael Church
Jordi Savall and Hesperion Ensemble, Wigmore Hall, 29.10.17   Who said the Wigmore Hall, the world’s temple of chamber music, was stuffy? Disregard for a moment the devoted crowd who routinely ... Read More

En passant: the OAE’s triumphant Semele… And a patchy ENO Rodelinda

Posted on October 19, 2017October 30, 2017 by Michael Church
Semele, Royal Festival Hall, 18.10.17 I’ve seen quite a few stage productions of Handel’s Semele, but I can’t remember one as dramatic as the one I’ve just heard by the Orchestra of the Age of... Read More

En passant: a woeful ENO Aida, but a triumphant Barber… Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s first recital… Faust and Melnikov play Mozart…and Covent Garden revives its Vepres siciliennes…

Posted on October 16, 2017October 17, 2017 by Michael Church
Aida, Coliseum An opera house needs a story to launch the season, and ENO had three. First, their chief executive had suddenly announced her premature departure. Second, Aida would be the first chance... Read More

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