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Globetrotting recital brings poignancy, swagger and decadence to the Istanbul Music Festival

By Simon Cummings, 30 May 2024

Baritone Benjamin Appl and accordionist Martynas Levickis tour Europe and the USA in songs and solos demonstrating both the richness and simplicity of 19th- and 20th-century music.

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Istanbul

30 May 2024

Globetrotting recital brings poignancy and swagger to Istanbul

By Simon Cummings

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London

Love on the Line: Karita Mattila rings true in Poulenc

By Matthew Rye, 08 November 2022

Karita Mattila and Keval Shah call up all their combined artistry at Wigmore Hall for searing performances of Poulenc’s La Voix humaine and a quartet of torch songs.

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London

08 Nov 2022

Love on the Line: Karita Mattila rings true in Poulenc

By Matthew Rye

London

Berlin im Licht: Philharmonia sheds light on Berlin’s 1920s cabaret scene

By Matthew Rye, 23 September 2019

Despite engaging vocal performances and vivid orchestral playing, the Philharmonia Orchestra’s exploration of Weimar-era Berlin’s cabaret world added up to less than the sum of its parts.

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London

23 Sep 2019

Berlin im Licht: Philharmonia sheds light on the cabaret scene

By Matthew Rye

London

A radiant recital from Karita Mattila at Wigmore Hall

By Dominic Lowe, 06 May 2017

In Wagner and Strauss, the beauty and power of Mattila's voice, still fresh and flexible, left the audience reeling in a recital that was a showcase for technique and artistry.

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London

06 May 2017

A radiant recital from Karita Mattila

By Dominic Lowe

Sydney

Jazzy thrills: ACO Weimar cabaret evening with Barry Humphries and Meow Meow a delight

By David Larkin, 27 April 2013

When one sees the word “Erotica” in connection with classical music, one is usually safe in assuming that it’s a misprint in the title of Beethoven’s Third Symphony. And yet, at the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s concert on Saturday, it was no Freudian slip: Erwin Schulhoff’s Sonata Erotica, which the composer suggestively marked “nur für Herren” (for men only), was on the program.

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Sydney

27 Apr 2013

Jazzy thrills: ACO Weimar cabaret evening with Barry Humphries and Meow Meow a delight

By David Larkin

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Cologne

Mit Herz und Historie: Michael Hell und Ārt House 17 zur Eröffnung von Shalom.Musik Köln 2024

By Jens Klier, 15 August 2024

Beeindruckte Hell in der Uraufführung mit einer Selbstverständlichkeit am Pleyel-Konzertcembalo, verhalf er mit Ensemble, Hila Baggio und Iris Vermillion tatsächlich zu „einem kleinen bisschen Glück“.

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Cologne

15 Aug 2024

Mit Herz und Historie: Ārt House 17 bei Shalom.Musik Köln 2024

By Jens Klier

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Valletta

Love forever II: Händel und Telemann beim Valletta Baroque Festival

By Jens Klier, 22 January 2023

Ein durchinszeniertes Kantaten- und Instrumentalfest, bei dem Emotionen und manch anderem bizarr freier Lauf gelassen wurde.

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Valletta

22 Jan 2023

Love forever II: Händel und Telemann beim Valletta Baroque Festival

By Jens Klier

Graz

Wien – Berlin: Die Achse der Musikalischen

By Isabella Steppan, 28 June 2018

Einen weiten Bogen spannten Amarcord Wien und Iris Vermillion bei der Styriarte; von Schönbergs Brettl-Liedern über Weills Opern bis hin zu Stolz‘schen Operettenmelodien.

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Graz

28 Jun 2018

Wien – Berlin: Die Achse der Musikalischen

By Isabella Steppan