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Christopher Morley

English Symphony Orchestra at Worcester Cathedral
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Only a year after Gurrelieder, Birmingham Town Hall heard the premiere of Elgar鈥檚 Music Makers, elegiac yet also visionary.
Put out by Bach as London calls
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Hyperion has got off to an early start in this year which marks the bicentenary of Haydn鈥檚 death by releasing a wonderful four-CD boxed set of the composer鈥檚 12 London symphonies, the last he composed out of an amazing total of 104.
CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall
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Far from being the predictable wham-bang Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland thrash, Andris Nelsons鈥 thoughtfully conceived 鈥淢ade in America鈥 programme with the CBSO had far deeper undertones.
Pessimistic notes get a fresh airing
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Shostakovich composed his Fourth Symphony in 1935-36, but it was not heard in a public performance until December 30, 1961.
Thomas Trotter at Birmingham Town Hall
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Thomas Trotter, well on the way towards completing three decades as city organist, celebrated Mendelssohn鈥檚 200th birthday with a lunchtime programme devoted entirely to that beloved composer who was so much involved with the early history of the Town Hall and its magnificent instrument.
CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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After his heartwarming La Boheme with the CBSO last October, Andris Nelsons further affirmed his operatic credentials with a meaty Wagner menu on Wednesday, delivered to a packed auditorium where you could have heard a pin drop.
CBSO/Handel鈥檚 Jephtha at Birmingham Town Hall
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Nicholas McGegan is a man generous with his talents.
Sounds of cities come together
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Sir Mark Elder talks to Christopher Morley about the Nielsen cycle
CBSO at Symphony Hall
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HERE we are, halfway through the CBSO/Halle Nielsen festival celebrating all the Danish composer鈥檚 symphonies and I鈥檓 left wondering if you can have too much of a good thing.
Capturing the first spark of Andris Nelsons
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The world of classical music is still reeling from the astonishing impact of Andris Nelsons鈥 arrival as music director of the CBSO, and the sheer magnetism of his opening concerts.
National Youth Orchestra at Symphony Hall
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The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain has long been acclaimed as one of the most awesomely accomplished ensembles in the country 鈥 and with 160 youngsters making up the complement, that鈥檚 quite some accolade.
Ex Cathedra, at St Paul鈥檚 Church; King鈥檚 College Choir, at Birmingham Town Hall
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Two totally contrasting choral concerts teased the mind and emotions on consecutive nights.
Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, at Adrian Boult Hall
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Part of the secret of great pianism is all about taking risks (listen to Brendel playing Mozart in Vienna in his retirement concert).
CBSO/Carter Celebration
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We celebrated three centenaries with the CBSO on Thursday, and we also celebrated the return of Sakari Oramo, much-loved music director of the orchestra for ten years, to the podium, now as principal guest conductor.
Birmingham Bach Choir at Birmingham Town Hall
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Birmingham Bach Choir bringing Bach鈥檚 great Mass in B minor back to Birmingham Town Hall after its magnificent restoration should have been an occasion for celebration, but unfortunately too many niggles in Saturday鈥檚 performance pooped the party.
Orchestra of the Swan at Birmingham Town Hall
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Antonio Salieri was a composer of immense accomplishment who rose to positions of great eminence in late-18th century Vienna.
CBSO/Nelsons at Symphony Hall
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Little more than a decade ago, you would never find the CBSO鈥檚 music director conducting anything by Tchaikovsky: Simon Rattle had a blind spot for the man.
Mitsuko Uchida & Chamber Orchestra of Europe, at Birmingham Symphony Hall
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Mozart piano concerto performance doesn鈥檛 get any better than this, as Sunday afternoon鈥檚 packed Symphony Hall audience will surely agree 鈥 especially those giving a deserved, for once, standing ovation.
Review - Thallein Ensemble at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham
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For nearly two decades the Thallein Ensemble has been an important feature of Birmingham Conservatoire鈥檚 concert activity.
Otello by the Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome
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It鈥檚 lazily received wisdom that Verdi鈥檚 late opera Otello ranks among his very greatest.
Ashley Wass at The Artrix, Bromsgrove
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Though he has rapidly established a reputation as one of the great interpreters of British piano music of the last century, it was good to hear Ashley Wass in wider-ranging repertoire for this Bromsgrove Concert in memory of committee member Tom French.
Chandos Symphony Orchestra at Forum Theatre, Malvern
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The chemistry between the Chandos Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Michael Lloyd is something unique, as was confirmed by Sunday鈥檚 concert celebrating 30 years of the orchestra鈥檚 existence and Lloyd鈥檚 20 years at its helm.
CBSO/City of Birmingham Choir at Symphony Hall
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Shakespeare was the context for Thursday鈥檚 CBSO concert, even, tenuously, connected with Samuel Barber, who composed the less than totally successful opera Antony and Cleopatra Barber鈥檚 Violin Concerto, earlier by 26 years, is an established favourite in the 20th-century repertoire, moving from rapturous pastoral dreaminess to busy, big-city perpetual motion, and the soloist here, Anne Akiko Meyers, brought singing, shapely phrases and sweet persuasive tone to all its ruminations.
CARMEN by Midland Opera at Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
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Many congratulatons to Midland Opera for having pulled itself up by its bootstraps over a couple of years, effecting major changes, and making great strides to re-establishing itself in the position it held for decades as one of the region鈥檚 great amateur companies.