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Christopher Morley

Tugan Sokhiev has lived and learned on his way to the very top
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Master baton-wielder Tugan Sokhiev tells Christopher Morley how he has taken the rough with the smooth.
Norway's Leif Ove Andsnes mixes the old with the new
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A cherished pianist tells Christopher Morley of his love for Birmingham after 25 years of success.
Review: Orchestra of the Swan, at Birmingham Town Hall
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No wonder the Orchestra of the Swan gets full houses at its Birmingham Town Hall events.
Review: Verdi Requiem, Hereford Choral Society and the Philharmonia, at Hereford Cathedral
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It was a thrill to hear the splendidly-trained Hereford Choral Society celebrating its 175th anniversary (one audience-member present had sung in its centenary concert!) with the Verdi 鈥楻equiem鈥, spectacular, emotionally searching, and perfectly at home in the ambience of Hereford Cathedral.
Review: Freddy Kempf, at Codsall Community High School
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Last week he was performing in Madrid, very soon it鈥檚 going to be Milan, but on Tuesday the world-renowned pianist Freddy Kempf was tempted to Codsall, where an enterprising arts festival is held every alternate spring.
Review: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, at Birmingham Town Hall
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Symphony Hall鈥檚 highly successful Back Weekend, part of its 21st birthday celebrations, ended with a delicious programme of some of the composer鈥檚 best-loved orchestral music from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 鈥 actually in the appropriate ambience of Birmingham Town Hall, elder sister to the bigger venue.
Review: St Matthew Passion, Thomanenchor at Symphony Hall
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For all the earnest ministrations of the period-performance brigade, I doubt you could find a presentation of Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion鈥檓ore authentic in certain particulars than the one an overflowing Symphony Hall applauded on Friday.
Review: Street Scene, Birmingham Conservatoire at Crescent Theatre
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Birmingham Conservatoire has pulled off an amazing achievement with this year鈥檚 major opera, Kurt Weill鈥檚 dusty, squalid Street Scene, a kind of EastEnders in downtown New York.
The rise and demise of the Birmingham Chamber Music Society
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Christopher Morley reflects on the rise of the Birmingham Chamber Music Society and the factors leading to its demise after 60 years.
Review: Jonas Kaufman and CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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Jonas Kaufman is no supertenor. There is far more to him than manly good looks, honeyed tones and an ability to soar thrillingly into the stratosphere.
Bach plays a part in Birmingham Symphony Hall's 21st anniversary
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Christopher Morley previews a weekend didcated to the genius of the German composer.
Review: Natalie Clein and Alasdair Beatson, at Barber Institute, University of Birmingham
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It was just like the good old days at the Barber, an enthusiastic full house packing this charming auditorium to hear a celebrity recital from players of the highest calibre.
Review: John Joubert Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch and the Northern Chamber Orchestra, St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury
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Verdi produced his last work, the 鈥楩our Sacred Pieces鈥 when he was 85.
Review: Tristan Und Isolde, CBSO at Symphony Hall
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Despite my love of almost all of Wagner, I find 鈥楾ristan and Isolde鈥 a repellent opera, a self-indulgent vehicle into which the composer spills his determined longings to achieve his own aims at the expense of others.
Review: Orchestra Of The Swan, at Birmingham Town Hall
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The Orchestra of the Swan has always been a sparky band, full of genuine pleasure in its music-making and creating, merely through its body-language, an amazing rapport with audiences wherever it performs.
How retirement years heralded a new burst of creativity for John Joubert
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Christopher Morley talks to composer John Joubert who is about to premier a major new work in his 85th year.
Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall
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The challenges that Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra sets itself are never anything short of daunting.
Review: Noye's Fludde Operamus at St Nicolas Church, Kings Norton
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With wrong-headed political educational initiatives threatening to decimate arts provision in schools, we desperately need enterprises such as Operamus brought us last weekend, assembling dozens of youngsters joining a cohort of rising professional singers and instrumentalists for joyous performances of Britten鈥檚 鈥楴oye Fludde鈥.
Kings Norton's St Nicolas Church is to host Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten
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Christopher Morley previews a local group's performance of Noye's Fludde.
Review: CBSO, at Symphony Hall
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During every year that takes it towards its centenary the CBSO looks back to the music of 100 years ago, and 1912 is certainly coming up with some rich pickings.
Immerse yourself in the music of a concert, not the programmes
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Following the text of a concert in a programme is all very well but audiences would do well to appreciate the visual aspects of a singer's performance, says Christopher Morley.
Review: The Planets - CBSO, at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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Conductor Edward Gardner鈥檚 response to this well-worn Suite was to bring a refreshing enthusiasm, newly-minting a work which is too often the victim of its own popularity.
Review: John Lill, at Birmingham Town Hall
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Like Richard Goode, John Lill is a pianist who allows no hint of ego to obtrude between the music and the listener.
Review: Richard Goode, at Barber Institute, University of Birmingham
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Spare us the wunderkind, over-hyped flavour-of-the-month young pianists. Give us instead an unassuming middle-aged gentleman whose sole aim is to bring us music-making of the highest order, with nothing emblazoning 鈥渓ook at me!鈥 to come between the composer and the audience.