Young artists of exceptional talent play Mozart, Schumann and Schubert at Schumannhaus Bonn

By Jane Mcintosh, 29 January 2013

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Reviewed at Schumannhaus, Bonn on 27 January 2013

Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (K373a)

Schumann, Violin Sonata no. 1 in A minor, Op.105

Schubert, Fantasy for violin and piano in C major, D.934

Sarah Christian, Violin

Lilit Grigoryan, Piano

West Cork Chamber Music Festival bows out with brilliant Brahms

Michael Roddy, 2nd July

A marathon chamber concert in Bantry ends in a glorious performance of Brahms String Sextet no. 2 in G major.

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More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

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Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

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Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

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Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.