1930hrs13 April 2013Leeds Town HallFeaturing the great Russian works of Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, and Tchaikovsky — and conducted by a Russian guest conductor too — the programme itself was a sure crowd-puller. The only question was, how would an English orchestra play this programme? Conductor Mikhail Jurowski made his way onstage…
Of drama, the night, and a fish.. – a review
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As part of the festivities surrounding the Leeds International Piano Competition held earlier this year, the Hallé Soloists performed a small chamber concert at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall this evening, jointly organized by the university and Friends of the Leeds International Piano Competition. On the programme tonight was the…
Thoughts on the Leeds Piano Competition Finals – Day 1
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If there’s anything I learnt from all this, it is never to make an overnight (16-hour) journey, arrive in the city early in the morning, and watch a concert on the same evening. Making things much worse was the number of things I had to get done during the day…