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Christopher Morley

Case of Handel with care
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Thanks to the pioneering work of Professor Anthony Lewis at Birmingham University鈥檚 Barber Institute in the 50s and 60s, Birmingham has a proud record in the rehabilitation of Handel as a viable operatic composer.
Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe, at Civic Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon
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This was a beautifully balanced collaboration, the rapport between these two musicians permitting teasing little expressive nuances.
Orchestra in tribute to Tod
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Tomorrow night the English Symphony Orchestra gives a memorial concert in Worcester Cathedral for Vernon Handley, the eminent conductor who for the last two years of his life was the ESO鈥檚 music director before his death last September.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at CBSO Centre
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It鈥檚 been a long time since Birmingham Contemporary Music Group presented a programme with no 鈥渃ontemporary鈥 music in it.
Christian Tetzlaff And Lars Vogt at Birmingham Town Hall
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It鈥檚 probably unheard of to write about the encore first in a review, but in this instance there is much to be said.
CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall
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The relationship between music director Andris Nelsons and his orchestra continues to grow stronger and stronger.
Festivals take centre stage
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Another year passes and the festival season is upon us again with one of the region鈥檚 most venerable festivals on the verge of its half-century.
Dido and Aeneas/New London Consort at Birmingham Town Hall
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Looking on the bright side, the best thing I can say about this reconstruction of a 1700 presentation of Purcell鈥檚 Dido and Aeneas is that it made us appreciate anew how wonderful this miniature gem of an opera is.
Orchestra of the Swan, at Birmingham Town Hall
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Orchestra of the Swan鈥檚 pioneering reputation took a turn back to the future for Wednesday鈥檚 matinee, doing its bit for the welcome rehabilitation of the music of John Ireland.
West Side Story still ready to rumble
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Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 West Side Story hit the world stage in New York鈥檚 Winter Garden Theatre on September 26, 1957.
CBSO/Wilson at Symphony Hall
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John Wilson is among the most charming and engaging of conductors on the podium today.
Concert true to Handel original
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Colin Baines has sung in more than 80 performances of Handel鈥檚 Messiah and helped prepare at least 30 as assistant conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir.
CBSO at Birmingham Town Hall
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It was just like the olden days, with the CBSO back in the cherished Town Hall, giving a Saturday concert with a 7 o鈥檆lock start.
Orchestra of the Swan at Birmingham Town Hall
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Barely a dozen music stands onstage, and we鈥檙e awaiting a Mahler symphony?
Requiem Eternal Light treads new ground
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Verdi is a hard act to follow, composer Howard Goodall tells Christopher Morley.
Royal Opera Requiems at Symphony Hall
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Making a rare foray away from its Covent Garden home, the Royal Opera found itself last weekend blinking in the sunlight of one of the world鈥檚 greatest concert-halls, and rewarded its Birmingham hosts with heart-piercing performances of two of the most dramatic Requiems in the repertoire.
Amazing pieces to fill 鈥榓 special space' at Symphony Hall
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More than ten years since the Royal Opera last left its Covent Garden home to visit Symphony Hall, the company returns tomorrow and Saturday for back-to-back performances of the Verdi Requiem and Britten鈥檚 War Requiem.
Ex Cathedra at Birmingham Oratory
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This concert from Ex Cathedra was among the most brilliant in the expert choir鈥檚 near 40-year history.
CBSO/The Damnation of Faust at Symphony Hall
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However one characterises Berlioz鈥 Damnation of Faust 鈥 is it a dramatic cantata?
Mahler heard on small scale
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When the Orchestra of the Swan performs Mahler鈥檚 Fourth Symphony next week in Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham, it will not be a version that most of us would recognise.
CBSO Centre Stage at the CBSO Centre
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Unleashed from their parent orchestra concerts, CBSO players enjoy presenting their own events where they take centre stage themselves.
THE MAGIC FLUTE - Birmingham Conservatoire at The Crescent Theatre
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Financial constraints can usually focus the mind wonderfully and that is certainly the case in Michael Barry鈥檚 sensible, uncluttered production of Mozart鈥檚 The Magic Flute as this year鈥檚 Birmingham Conservatoire main opera.
CBSO/Mackerras at Symphony Hall
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If there were six stars available for this review I would gladly allocate them all.
Philharmonia at Symphony Hall
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There was a profound sense of an era slipping away in much of the music I heard during two concerts at the weekend.