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Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

BBC Singers, BBCSO, Jeannin, Barbican review - from stormy weather to blue skies

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The Snowmaiden, English Touring Opera review - a rich harvest with modest means

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Hough, Philharmonia, Rouvali, RFH review - where the wild things are

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Wang, Lapwood, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - grace and power from two keyboard heroines

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Prom 71, Seong-Jin Cho review - refined Romantic journeys

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Prom 61, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rattle review - Bruckner without tears

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Prom 40, St John Passion, Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki review - finesse and feeling

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Prom 37, War Requiem, Clayton, Liverman, Romaniw, LSO, Pappano review - terror and tenderness

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Prom 31, Mutter, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Barenboim review - beauty against barbarism

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Prom 24, The Fairy Queen, Les Arts Florissants/Le Jardin des Voix, Agnew review - hip-hop hornpipes

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Prom 21, Osborne, Sinfonia of London, Wilson review - a spectacular drive across America

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theartsdesk at the Ryedale Festival: dances, and songs, to the music of time

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Prom 5, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bancroft review - a luxury orchestral cruise

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ll Segreto di Susanna/Pagliacci, Opera Holland Park review - on with the motley, out with the fags

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Orlando, Academy of Ancient Music, Cummings, Barbican review - madly beautiful

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Tosca, Opera Holland Park review - passion and populism

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