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Christopher Morley

Season heats up in autumn
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Now that the concert season is in full swing again after the summer, this week鈥檚 diary is packed with events vying for attention.
Di Xiao at Birmingham Town Hall
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A piano recital which began with such a serene entrance from the soloist ended in whoops, cheers and a standing ovation.
Review: CBSO/La Boheme at Symphony Hall
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This concert performance of La Boheme surely ranks among the most momentous and heartwarming occasions in the long history of the CBSO.
Kristine Opolais takes double role in La Boheme
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I t was hard to do an interview through scarcely-dried tears, after wallowing in a tremendous rehearsal of the final act of Puccini鈥檚 La Boheme at the CBSO Centre on Monday.
Contemporary Consort at Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon
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To Stratford鈥檚 shame, the equivalent of three men and a dog made up the audience at by far the most interesting concert on offer in the town鈥檚 autumn music festival.
Orchestra of the Swan at Birmingham Town Hall
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This is a good week for Mendelssohn at Birmingham Town Hall.
Prodigy Jennifer Pike stays composed in spite of hype
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Jennifer Pike is one young lady whose head is definitely not for turning.
Budapest Festival Orchestra at Symphony Hall
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Most of Beethoven鈥檚 symphonies don鈥檛 play in their entirety for the length of just the first movement of Mahler鈥檚 Third, the longest symphony in the repertoire.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at CBSO Centre
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Unusually for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, only two composers featured in their programme on Sunday night, the Dane Poul Ruders and the Finn Magnus Lindberg.
Barber Institute Gala/Eduardo Vassallo and Mark Bebbington at Adrian Boult Hall
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After 70 years the concert hall in Birmingham University鈥檚 Barber Institute of Fine Arts was long overdue for refurbishment, and this summer it finally received one.
Music societies at the thin end of the wedge
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Music societies run by amateur enthusiasts have always been a vital part of the infrastructure underpinning classical music in Britain.
CBSO/Andris Nelsons at Symphony Hall
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Tuesday brought the biggest test so far for Andris Nelsons, the new CBSO music director adored by players and audience alike, with Debussy鈥檚 Prelude a l鈥橝pres-Midi d鈥檜n Faune requiring delicacy, emotional restraint and refinement.
Birmingham Conservatoire talent preserved on disc
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As a new academic year begins at Birmingham Conservatoire, this seems an appropriate time to survey some recent CD releases connected with it.
The Nutcracker, English Youth Ballet at Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
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Noel Streatfield, author of Ballet Shoes would have loved this Nutcracker.
Review: CBSO/ Andris Nelsons at Symphony Hall
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It鈥檚 still less than a year since Andris Nelsons faced the CBSO at a private session in Birmingham Town Hall, at the start of an instant love-affair which looks like going on for a very long time.
Andris Nelson picks up the CBSO baton
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Christopher Morley is granted a revealing audience with Andris Nelsons on the eve of the conductor taking up his full-time post with the CBSO
Obituary: Orchestra conductor Vernon Handley
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Vernon Handley, who died at his Monmouth home on Wednesday, was probably the country鈥檚 best-loved conductor.
Everyone gets to sit in best seat in the house
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Christopher Morley puts his feet up in the best concert venue that Germany can offer.
Plenty of gaffes at the shake of a stick
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There鈥檚 more to conducting an orchestra than the BBC鈥檚 celebrity reality TV series Maestro suggests, writes Christopher Morley
Pushing the boat out as Centre Stage continues to grow
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Now in its 10th season, the popular Centre Stage programme of chamber-scale events promoted by CBSO players at the CBSO Centre is promising to be even bigger and better than ever.
National Children's Orchestra at Birmingham Town Hall
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It鈥檚 easy to make patronising allowances when you鈥檙e talking about the artistic aspirations of the very young.
An abundance of goodies to look forward to as the nights draw in
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Christopher Morley looks at a packed autumn season for the region鈥檚 classical music scene.
How Vass will put the prestige into Presteigne Festival
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George Vass tells Christopher Morley about some of the surprises in store for this year鈥檚 milestone Presteigne Festival
Review: Ignore silliness in Birmingham Opera Company's Idomeneo
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The secret with Birmingham Opera Company presentations is to concentrate upon the positives.