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Christopher Morley

Review: CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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Many of us would claim that Walton鈥檚 First Symphony is the greatest ever composed by a Briton, and Thursday鈥檚 performance by the CBSO would go a long way towards affirming that.
Diamond Jubilee: Royally entertained with Elgar
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A bumper week lies ahead to tie in with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations and a certain musical luminary's birthday.
Review: Ex Cathedra, at Birmingham Town Hall
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For over 40 years Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra have gradually expanded their exploration of choral music, both backwards in time and forwards up to the present day.
Fifty years and still spellbound by Britten's War Requiem
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It's half a century since Benjamin Britten premiered his masterpiece War Requiem at Coventry Cathedral.
Review: Chilingirian Quartet, at Grafton Manor Chapel, Bromsgrove
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Difficult to know where the excitement lay for this concert in this year鈥檚 stimulating Bromsgrove Festival, whether it was for the opportunity to catch up with the Chilingirian Quartet (now in amazingly its 40th year) or to check out the progress of the brilliant young saxophonist Amy Dickson, winner of the Festival鈥檚 Young Musicians Platform in 2002.
Review: CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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We can easily understand Britten鈥檚 composing 鈥極ur Hunting Fathers鈥. A pacifist under gathering war-clouds, as well as a passionate animal-lover, he responded gladly to the sardonic anti-Establishment poetry written and selected by W.H.
Variety's the spice of life at Birmingham concert halls
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An action-packed nine months lie ahead at Birmingham's Town Hall and Symphony Hall.
Feast of Beethoven with many other wonders of note
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The CBSO will stage a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies for the first time in many years.
Review: BBC Concert Orchestra, at Birmingham Town Hall
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Monday saw the latest in BBC Radio 3鈥檚 mildly self-indulgent 鈥渢hemed鈥 days, this one being devoted to portraits in music -- and Elgar鈥檚 鈥楨nigma鈥 Variations was the obvious choice to crown the evening鈥檚 live broadcast by the BBC Concert Orchestra from Birmingham Town Hall.
Review: Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall
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Recently back from a three-concert tour of Estonia, where they represented their home city so proudly, the Birmingham Schools鈥 Symphony Orchestra repeated their programme back on native soil under the clear and encouraging baton of Michael Seal.
Quirky offerings are brought to the table
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Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter is set to host a 'huge cultural olympiad event'.
Review: Upstairs Downstairs, English Serenata at the Artrix, Bromsgrove
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鈥淯pstairs Downstairs鈥 is the title of the moment, and immediately captures interest for Gabrielle Byam-Grounds鈥 latest musical documentary created for the English Serenata.
Review: CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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CBSO matinee concerts are always virtual sellouts, attracting music-lovers reluctant to negotiate the city at night.
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, BCMG at Symphony Hall
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Gerald Barry will certainly have enjoyed his 60th birthday present which Saturday鈥檚 performance of his new opera, a daring setting of Oscar Wilde鈥檚 鈥楾he Importance of Being Earnest鈥, brought him, two days after its 海角视频 premiere in the less amenable venue which is London鈥檚 Barbican.
Turning Oscar Wilde's 'Earnest' into an opera
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Turning a text as iconic as The Importance of Being Earnest into an opera would intimidate even the most confident composer.
Review: Sitkovetsky Duo, Bromsgrove Festival at Avoncroft Museum
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Bromsgrove Festival鈥檚 evening celebrating Delius鈥 sesquicentenary was a charming idea, attracting a large audience to the atmospherically medieval (despite its name) New Guesten Hall for a recital by one of the most spectacular recent prizewinners of the festival鈥檚 International Young Musician鈥檚 Platform, and beginning with a screening of Ken Russell鈥檚 acclaimed television documentary recounting the years the young Eric Fenby devoted himself as amanuensis to the blind, paralysed and dying composer.
Get stuck into a good classical music book
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Christopher Morley takes a look at a selection of classical music books, including one which wouldn鈥檛 look out of place on the best-seller shelves.
Review: CBSO - The Dream of Gerontius, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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Thursday's presentation of Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius', repeated in London's Barbican on Saturday, was always going to be special, and so it turned out, if not for the reasons previously envisaged.
The Bromsgrove Festival's looking bigger and better
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A much-loved spring highlight, the Bromsgrove Festival has been extended this year.
Review: The Orchestra of St John, St John's Church, Bromsgrove
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The well-rewarded enterprise of the founders of Bromsgrove鈥檚 exciting new Orchestra of St John moved to a new level last Saturday for the ensemble鈥檚 second concert, with the formation of its own choir.
Review: Parsifal, Mariinsky Theatre at Symphony Hall
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Valery Gergiev really ought to take a different Russian Christian-name: Modeste.
A goodbye to CBSO cellist Ulrich Heinen
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Long-serving CBSO principal cellist Ulrich Heinen retired last Friday. Christopher Morley chats to a modest inspiration who will be sorely missed.
Review: Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, at Symphony Hall
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By a long process of osmosis, Saint-Saens鈥 Third Symphony (the 鈥極rgan鈥) has become almost Birmingham property.
Review: A Child Of Our Time, Kidderminster Choral Society at Kidderminster Town Hall
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Fashion is an absurd creature, particularly rife in the area of musical taste.