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LSO/Pappano review — a virtuosic Alison Balsom and sumptuous Ravel
It would be a dull soul who didn’t enjoy at least some aspects of Wynton Marsalis’s new Trumpet Concerto, especially as its UK premiere was delivered with such panache by Alison Balsom and the London Symphony Orchestra. The music exudes joy and energy throughout its six movements. Keep reading »
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Jazz review: Wynton Marsalis Quartet at the Barbican
The overzealous spellchecker on my laptop keeps insisting that Wynton Marsalis’s surname is really “marshmallows”, which is about as inapt a culinary metaphor as you could imagine. Keep reading »
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Jazz review: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the Barbican
There was a full complement of hyper-sophisticated technicians in the ranks (all of them male, incidentally), but not for the first time the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra left that nagging feeling of listening to a one-man band. Keep reading »