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Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

Prom 37: Schiff, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer 1 review - landscapes and mindscapes

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Prom 16: Hallé, Elder review - a mighty Russian journey

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Semele, Glyndebourne review - the dark side of desire

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Prom 7: Urioste, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Otaka review – old friends, new worlds

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L'Orfeo, Longborough Festival Opera review - landmark opera survives rock-star wedding and hospital soap

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Sinfonia of London, Wilson; Kolesnikov/Tsoy; Bozzini Quartet; Phantasm, Aldeburgh Festival review - new sounds for old

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Turangalîla-Symphonie, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - a farewell night to remember

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Hansel and Gretel, Opera Holland Park review - the Great Grimm Bake-Off

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Bezuidenhout, The English Concert, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - Mozart spring-cleaned

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer, RFH review - elegy and ecstasy

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Concerto 1700, L’Apothéose, St John's Smith Square review - rare Spanish treasures

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Bell, Dreisig, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - royal rifts, and uplifting Mahler

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Arminio, Royal Opera review - Handel does Homeland, and it works

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Yang, BBCSO, Oramo, Barbican review - roots and refinement

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The Damnation of Faust, LPO, Gardner, RFH review - the devil's in the detail

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Dunedin Consort, Butt, Wigmore Hall review - Christmas glory in Venice and Dresden

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