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Tilting at windmills at the Festival Ravel

By Mark Pullinger, 03 September 2025

Don Quixote provides the inspiration for songs by Ravel and Ibert, the high point of a bitty programme in contrast to an early evening recital which followed the perfect trajectory.

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Saint-Jean-de-Luz

04 Sep 2025

At Festival Ravel: tilting at windmills

By Mark Pullinger

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New York City

Missed opportunities: Karen Kamensek at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City

By David Wolfson, 01 August 2025

Karen Kamensek, Gabriella Reyes and the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center turn in a sporadically satisfying performance at Summer for the City.

**111

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New York City

02 Aug 2025

Karen Kamensek at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City

By David Wolfson

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Buffalo

Resplendent interpretations by Yang and Falletta with the Buffalo Philharmonic

By Phillip Nones, 13 October 2024

JoAnn Falletta demonstrates her customary excellence in colorful orchestral works by Ibert and Respighi, while Joyce Yang hits the mark in capturing the jazz-classical fusion in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto.

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Buffalo

13 Oct 2024

Resplendent interpretations by Yang and Falletta with the Buffalo Phil

By Phillip Nones

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Perth WA

Mozart's Requiem in Perth: excellent soloists, well-honed choir and orchestra

By Sandra Bowdler, 11 October 2024

An over-enthusiastic audience distracts from an excellent performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Choir with a first class quartet of soloists.

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Perth WA

13 Oct 2024

Mozart in Perth: excellent soloists, well-honed choir and orchestra

By Sandra Bowdler

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Liverpool

¡Hola! Domingo Hindoyan’s Spanish evening with the RLPO in Liverpool

By Leighton Jones, 22 September 2022

Domingo Hindoyan and Javier Perianes bring a Mediterranean themed evening to Liverpool on an autumnal evening. The Spanish sunshine shining on Philharmonic Hall was occasionally obscured by clouds.

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Liverpool

23 Sep 2022

¡Hola! Domingo Hindoyan’s Spanish evening with the RLPO

By Leighton Jones

Edinburgh

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO lift the spirits at the Edinburgh International Festival

By David Smythe, 19 August 2021

An entertaining assortment of vignettes from Ibert, Martinů and Richard Strauss made for a delightful summer evening of music.

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Edinburgh

20 Aug 2021

Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO lift the spirits at the EIF

By David Smythe

Perth

Welcome back! French delights from a joyful RSNO in Perth

By David Smythe, 18 June 2021

The RSNO welcomes the audience back in a light and joyful French programme conducted by Thomas Søndergård with its own oboist Adrian Wilson as soloist in L'Horloge de flore.

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Perth

19 Jun 2021

Welcome back! French delights from a joyful RSNO in Perth

By David Smythe

Buffalo

Ulysses Kay, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the soul of a nation

By Laurence Vittes, 23 March 2021

Ulysses Kay's Pietà provided an opportunity to reflect on beauty and the soul of a nation.

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Buffalo

25 Mar 2021

Ulysses Kay, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the soul of a nation

By Laurence Vittes

Milan

Ludovic Tézier at La Scala: a journey from art song to opera

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 07 March 2021

For the first Lied, we rediscover his velvet and rosewood timbre, so skilled at painting the chiaroscuro of the human soul.

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Milan

09 Mar 2021

Ludovic Tézier at La Scala: a journey from art song to opera

By Jean-Marc Piriou

Berlin

Barenboim takes the Berlin Philharmonic on a French excursion

By Mark Pullinger, 28 November 2020

The stylish boulevards of Ibert's Flute Concerto are the destination for the Berliners before a wild journey into Berlioz' frenzied psyche in his Symphonie fantastique.

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Berlin

28 Nov 2020

Barenboim takes the Berlin Philharmonic on a French excursion

By Mark Pullinger

Hamburg

A box of French delights from the Paavo Järvi and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester

By Chris Garlick, 27 November 2020

A quartet of 20th-century French neoclassical works made for a joyful evening in Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie.

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Hamburg

28 Nov 2020

A box of delights from the Paavo Järvi at the Elbphilharmonie

By Chris Garlick

Singapore

Standout Ravel and Ibert from Darrell Ang and the Singapore Symphony

By Phillip Nones, 20 November 2020

Darrell Ang and members of the Singapore Symphony deliver a crystalline Mother Goose Suite and a high-spirited, straight-from-the-orchestra-pit Ibert Divertissement.

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Singapore

20 Nov 2020

Standout Ravel and Ibert from Darrell Ang and the Singapore Symphony

By Phillip Nones

London

Matvey Demin’s stellar UK debut flanked by an invigorated Gergiev

By Young-Jin Hur, 07 October 2019

Gergiev, Demin, and the Mariinsky Orchestra deliver a performance full of vitality, virtuosity, and determination.

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London

08 Oct 2019

Matvey Demin’s stellar UK debut flanked by an invigorated Gergiev

By Young-Jin Hur

Houston

Into the mist: Gabel and Houston Symphony captain Corigliano and Ravel

By Sydney Boyd, 03 February 2018

Houston Symphony’s program starring John Corigliano’s Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra and Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé crept through mists.

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Houston

05 Feb 2018

Gabel and Houston Symphony captain Corigliano and Ravel

By Sydney Boyd

Buffalo

Island-hopping with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic

By Phillip Nones, 07 November 2015

A new ukulele concerto performed by Jake Shimabukuro was the centerpiece of a concert featuring four works inspired by the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands.

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Buffalo

08 Nov 2015

Island-hopping with the Buffalo Phil

By Phillip Nones

Milan

“Vive la France!”: Gallic pride from La Verdi, Milan

By James Imam, 09 July 2015

La Verdi dispatched each of the works with panaché under audience favourite Oleg Caetani. There is plenty of swagger to their playing at present – a Gallic cock with plenty of feathers in its tail.

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Milan

11 Jul 2015

“Vive la France!”: Gallic pride from La Verdi, Milan

By James Imam

London

Uneven recital as Carlo Colombara rides to the Rosenblatt rescue

By Mark Pullinger, 04 March 2015

“The show must go on.” Carlo Colombara stepped into the breach caused by Simone Piazzola's indispostion to give a Rosenblatt Recital that only fired intermittently.

London

05 Mar 2015

Carlo Colombara rides to the Rosenblatt rescue

By Mark Pullinger

London

Les Vents Français: Musical alchemy at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Pullinger, 11 December 2014

Les Vents Français are musical alchemists, turning some rather humdrum wind repertoire into something approaching musical gold.

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London

12 Dec 2014

Les Vents Français: Musical alchemy at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Pullinger

Amsterdam

Henk Neven tilts at windmills in Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 28 May 2014

At the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Dutch baritone Henk Neven and pianist Hans Eijsackers charmed an enthusiastic audience with a programme of Ravel, Ibert, Schubert and Spanish songs arranged by Norwegian composer Arne Dørumsgaard.

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Amsterdam

31 May 2014

Henk Neven tilts at windmills in Amsterdam

By Rosemary Carlton-Willis

Cardiff

The Welsh Sinfonia perform Mathias, Wagner, Ibert, Roxanna Panufnik and Beethoven

By Philip May, 18 April 2013

After hearing the Welsh Sinfonia’s last concert in January 2013, I was pleased to have the opportunity to attend their Gala Finale concert this month. This was particularly the case since it included a première of a new composition by Roxanna Panufnik, daughter of Andrzej Panufnik, whose Epitaph I heard finely performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in March.

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Cardiff

22 Apr 2013

The Welsh Sinfonia perform Mathias, Wagner, Ibert, Roxanna Panufnik and Beethoven

By Philip May

Oslo

A somewhat Spanish evening with the Oslo Philharmonic

By Aksel Tollåli, 22 November 2012

Last Thursday’s concert with the Oslo Philharmonic featured four pieces with little or no connection to each other, other than three of the pieces being either written by Spanish-speaking composers or actually being about Spain. Yet, apart from one piece, it all came together into a rather coherent whole.The concert began with Jacques Ibert’s Bacchanale.

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Oslo

09 Jan 2013

A somewhat Spanish evening with the Oslo Philharmonic

By Aksel Tollåli

Dallas

Filmless scores: Chamber Music International in Dallas

By Bachtrack reviewer, 06 October 2012

Chamber Music International kicked off its 27th concert season on Saturday evening at Southern Methodist University. The centerpiece of the program was John Williams’ Quartet La Jolla, and the other works all used various combinations of these instruments.

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Dallas

08 Oct 2012

Filmless scores: Chamber Music International in Dallas

By Bachtrack reviewer

Haddington

Lammermuir Festival: Fauré Requiem with Northern Sinfonia and NYCOS

By Alan Coady, 23 September 2012

If three years is sufficient to constitute a tradition then, traditionally, a Lammermuir Festival ends with a sell-out concert in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Haddington. And if year three is sufficiently far along the line to break with tradition, then this year’s surprise was not box-office focused but based on choice of repertoire; not a Bach/Handel finish, but an all-French programme.

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Haddington

25 Sep 2012

Lammermuir Festival: Fauré Requiem with Northern Sinfonia and NYCOS

By Alan Coady

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Paris

L'odyssée entre terre et mer de Thomas Adès à la Fondation Louis Vuitton

By Chloë Rouge, 16 November 2024

Dans un programme imaginé comme une véritable invitation à voyager, le compositeur-chef d'orchestre a montré tous ses talents de conteur pour le dernier concert de sa résidence parisienne.

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Paris

18 Nov 2024

L'odyssée entre terre et mer de Thomas Adès à la Fondation Vuitton

By Chloë Rouge

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Cáceres

Preciso y chispeante diálogo entre González-Monjas, Ferrández y la Orquesta de Extremadura

By Andrea Lorenzo Lancho, 14 October 2022

La dirección de González-Monjas y la elegante viola de Sara Ferrández dieron como resultado, junto a la Orquesta de Extremadura, un continuo y contrastante juego dialéctico.

***11

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Cáceres

16 Oct 2022

Preciso y chispeante diálogo con la Orquesta de Extremadura

By Andrea Lorenzo Lancho

La Coruña

Tríptico francés por José Trigueros y la Sinfónica de Galicia

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 21 May 2021

El director José Trigueros se puso al frente de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia con un programa de música francesa para el que se contó también con la flautista María José Ortuño interpretando el concierto de Ibert.

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*****

La Coruña

26 May 2021

Tríptico francés por José Trigueros y la Sinfónica de Galicia

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

Madrid

La Orquesta Nacional estrena Obreda y saca sus vientos a relucir

By David Santana Cañas, 04 October 2020

La Orquesta Nacional de España ofreció un excelente concierto protagonizado por la flauta en el que estrenó Obreda, de Magrané y reivindicó el talento de Ibert y la Cuarta sinfonía, de Beethoven.

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Madrid

06 Oct 2020

La Orquesta Nacional de España saca sus vientos a relucir

By David Santana Cañas

Paris

Luxe, calme et volupté avec Ludovic Tézier au Palais Garnier

By Sébastien Herbecq, 15 January 2017

Le baryton Ludovic Tézier a donné à entendre un récital de lieder et mélodies particulièrement ambitieux et mené avec une grande intelligence ! Le chant pour le texte et rien que le texte !

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Paris

16 Jan 2017

Luxe, calme et volupté avec Ludovic Tézier au Palais Garnier

By Sébastien Herbecq

Paris

Ordre et beauté : la délicate invitation au voyage de l’ONF

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 15 September 2016

Difficile de reprocher à cette entrée en matière une quelconque prévisibilité. Loin des passages obligés, du « grand » répertoire et des pages viennoises auxquelles s’attelle plus volontiers le Philharmonique en ce mouvementé début de saison, l’ONF se restreint avec ce concert d’ouverture à la musique française.

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Paris

20 Sep 2016

Ordre et beauté : la délicate invitation au voyage de l’ONF

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Geneva

Emmanuel Pahud, royale simplicité à Genève

By Thomas Muller, 15 April 2015

Mercredi soir au Victoria Hall, la flûte d'Emmanuel Pahud a fait merveille, comblant le public dans un programme hispanisant, sous la baguette d'Alain Altinoglu.

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Geneva

16 Apr 2015

Emmanuel Pahud, royale simplicité

By Thomas Muller