| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2013 Charlton House | Reactions and Reflections: The music of Les Six at Charlton House |
 Regeneration is currently at the heart of everything that goes on inside the beautifully preserved Charlton House. Built between 1607 and 1612 by Sir Adam Newton, the building and its grounds remain a fine example of Jacobean domestic architecture. That the house has been organising regular lunchtime concerts to showcase students from London’s most eminent conservatoires adds further plumage to its cap.
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| 29-Jan-2013 Sage: Hall Two | Northern Sinfonia in the cafés of Paris |
 When I collected my ticket for this evening’s Late Mix concert in Hall Two of The Sage Gateshead, I was somewhat surprised to see it marked as unreserved seating. A computer glitch, I thought, until I walked into the hall and found that the usual rows of seats in this small, in-the-round auditorium had been replaced with café-style tables and chairs. The surprise of this novel seating arrangement immediately set up a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, as people brought drinks in and mingled.
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| 19-Nov-2011 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Marin Alsop revives Honegger's Joan of Arc |
 The short life and terrifying death of Joan of Arc are the subject of Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher ("Joan of Arc at the Stake"), a curious masterpiece of an oratorio dating from 1938. The nearly-forgotten work received a well-deserved resurrection by Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night.
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| 29-Jul-2011 Royal Albert Hall | Prom 19: Knussen, Booth, the BBC SO and six sensual feasts |
 Oliver Knussen has taken the BBC Symphony Orchestra on some interesting journeys during his relationship with them, as both composer and conductor. Of all these journeys, Prom 19 surely ranks among the most fascinating. Under Knussen’s masterful conducting, the orchestra and Claire Booth gave us a scintillating if sometimes overwhelming exhibition of six intense early Twentieth Century works.
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