| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 15-May-2013 Birmingham Symphony Hall | CBSO's all-American programme a triumph at Symphony Hall, Birmingham |
 The reason for this all-American programme was ostensibly pragmatic: the concert was to coincide with the opening night of the British-American Business Council annual conference. In practice, the programme was a triumph. Significantly, dozens of schoolchildren were present to witness an evening of fine and involving music-making.
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| 26-Apr-2013 Usher Hall | A second American Festival with the RSNO |
 It’s rare to see a soloist perform two concertos in a single programme. RSNO Associate Leader William Chandler promised, in his highly entertaining and informative pre-concert talk, that we were in for some very exciting playing from pianist Xiayin Wang. Indeed we were.
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| 27-Jan-2013 Barbican Centre: Hall | Adams conducts Adams at the Barbican with the LSO and St Lawrence String Quartet |
 Inspiration for a composition can come in many forms; a letter from Clara Schumann, the brutality of Stalin's police, growing deaf or hearing birdsong. The final concert of John Adams’ short residency at the Barbican focused on a more reverent strain of influence, however: the peculiar tendency for living composers to want to reference dead ones.
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| 29-Mar-2012 Sage: Hall One | America: Town and Country, with Northern Sinfonia and Nicholas Collon |
 Three of the four American pieces performed this evening by Northern Sinfonia were written to evoke very particular places, and got me thinking about the evocative power of a well-chosen title. The concert opened and closed with two pieces by Aaron Copland: Quiet City, a tone poem salvaged from music written for an unsuccessful play; and one of his best known pieces, the Appalachian Spring ballet suite.Read full review... | |
