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Preview: Prom 48: Gürzenich Orchestra/Stenz, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

When Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchestra play their Prom, history will be telescoped in a unique way. Not only will this richly historic orchestra – whose past conductors have included Mendelssohn, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, and Stravinsky – recreate the programme their predecessors played in Cologne in 1904, at which Mahler's Fifth Symphony was introduced to the world; they will also rework that...

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Prom 34: BBC Philharmonic/Noseda, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

High drama at Kensington Gore: Rachmaninov's once-despised First Symphony and Puccini's other "shabby little shocker" Il tabarro, united by the misconception that their sensational reputation belies untold subtlety. Gianandrea Noseda was out to make amends.

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David Gilmour - “Take a Breath” solo - Mermaid Theatre (websound.ws)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:17:21 GMT

John Carin on slide guitar. From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD (bonus features disc). Author: flojdtube Keywords: David Gilmour John Carin Take Breath guitar solo Remember That Night Live Mermaid Theatre Added: August 19, 2008

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BBC Proms 2008: a touch of magic in a superlatively springy Handel (The Telegraph)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:48 GMT

David Fanning reviews Hickox and Jennifer Bate at the Royal Albert Hall and on Radio 3.

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Proms 38 & 39: West-eastern divan orchestra / Barenboim, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Three beacons of excellence currently dominate the youth-orchestra scene:Gustavo Dudamel's extraordinary Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra; and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, whose magic derives from the unique chemistry between its members, its charismatic creator, and the political tragedy to which it is a defiant response.

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BBC Proms 2008: Slavic lustre from a tireless explorer bbc proms 2008 (The Telegraph)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:10:11 GMT

Matthew Rye reviews the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Barenboim and the BBCSO with Boulez at the Royal Albert Hall and on Radio 3.

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Prom 37: Gothenburg So / Dudamel, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The witching hour arrived long before the finale of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The amazing Gustavo Dudamel made something uncommonly spooky of the opening of Ravel's La Valse, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's worming bass woodwinds curdling the harmonies in the most furtive ways imaginable. From my seat in the Albert Hall, it was almost impossible to make out the tune from the harmonies,...

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Young people urged to give back to the community in return for concert tickets (The Telegraph)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:28:26 GMT

Young people are being given the chance to earn tickets for an exclusive concert at the Royal Albert Hall in return for carrying out community work.

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Love and Other Demons, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Sussex Proms (34), Royal Albert Hall, London Proms (37), Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

One hundred years ago you knew where you were with Hungarian music. Successive generations of symphonists had borrowed its stamping rhythms and tart harmonic twists, repackaging the popular clichés of dark-eyed Magyar passion for a blue-eyed Teutonic audience. Then along came Bartók, the subtlest student of folk idioms, and his post-war successors, Ligeti and Kurtág. Something gaudy, ersatz and touristic...

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David Gilmour - “The Blue” solo - Mermaid Theatre (websound.ws)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:01:03 GMT

From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD (bonus features disc). Author: flojdtube Keywords: David Gilmour The Blue guitar solo Remember That Night Live Mermaid Theatre Added: August 15, 2008

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David Gilmour - “On an Island” solo - Mermaid Theatre (websound.ws)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:15:53 GMT

With Phil Manzanera on the first solo. From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD (bonus features disc). Author: flojdtube Keywords: David Gilmour On an Island guitar solo Remember That Night Live Mermaid Theatre Added: August 14, 2008

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David Gilmour - “Castellorizon” solo - Mermaid Theatre (websound.ws)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:53:51 GMT

From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD (bonus features disc). Author: flojdtube Keywords: David Gilmour Castellorizon guitar solo Remember That Night Live Mermaid Theatre Added: August 14, 2008

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TCT: Concerts for Teenage Cancer Trust at The Royal Albert Hall (DVDVerdict)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Reviewed by Victor Valdivia Quote: "The performances wind up falling into two types: the artists who are painfully reverent to The Who, and the artists who have almost nothing in common musically with The Who."

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David Gilmour - Fat Old Sun (websound.ws)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:49:30 GMT

Live At The Royal Albert Hall. Author: nanaio77 Keywords: David Gilmour Pink Floyd Added: August 13, 2008

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BBC Proms 2008: ominous undercurrents beneath the passion (The Telegraph)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:01:00 GMT

Geoffrey Norris reviews the BBC Philharmonic and Noseda at the Royal Albert Hall and on Radio 3.

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David Gilmour - “On an Island” solo - Royal Albert Hall (websound.ws)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:04:07 GMT

With Phil Manzanera on the first solo. From the "Remember That Night: Live at the Royal Albert Hall" concert DVD. Author: flojdtube Keywords: David Gilmour On an Island guitar solo Remember That Night Live Royal Albert Hall Added: August 12, 2008

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Prom 30: BBC National Orchestra Of Wales / Jarvi, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

The Olympic flame still burned at the Late Night Prom with a decent throw for Michael Torke's Javelin from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under the charismatic Kristjan Jarvi. Chen Yi would have smiled at Madame Mao's moves in John Adams's "The Chairman Dances", but the real wonder came with the cellist Han-Na Chang in Leonard Bernstein's Mass: Three Meditations.

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Prom 29: RPO / Slatkin, Royal Albert Hall, London (The Independent)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Olympics past, present and future put the hop, skip and jump into this pair of Proms. Chen Yi's Olympic Fire came first in Leonard Slatkin's programme with the Royal Philharmonic – only fitting on the opening day of the Beijing Games. But had this crowd-pleaser been written by anyone but a Chinese national, we'd have considered it a cheesy Western imitation of traditional Chinese music. Chen Yi's...

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Guillemots Join Busta Rhymes For Royal Albert Hall Show (AngryApe News)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:47:11 GMT

The Rockcorps event will also be screened on Channel 4

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Folk Day at the Proms - Royal Albert Hall 2008 (Smuggled Sounds)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:13:00 GMT

Here’s a lingering irony. We live on an island seemingly open to all sorts of musical genres – yet none of them polarise us quite like the music that tells our own history. At the one extreme are the British folk fans who seek it out at clubs that specialise in it. Then, on the other end of the seesaw, struggling to all fit on, there are the rest of us. Forced to attend, say, the Fylde Acoustic Circle...

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