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Making it look easy: Simon Keenlyside and Graham Johnson’s Liederabend in Vienna

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Mozart Saal, Vienna on 7 December 2013
Schoenberg, Erwartung
Eisler, The Hollywood Songbook
Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, Op.74
Works by Wolf
Works by Schubert
Works by Brahms
Sir Simon Keenlyside, Baritone
Graham Johnson, Piano
Leeds Lieder Festival: Benedict Nelson and Graham Johnson, and a new work by Judith Bingham
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Eine Nacht in Venedig: A fine start for the Leeds Lieder Festival
****1
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Fêtes Galantes: Musical Gallantry at Wigmore Hall
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Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera
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