sun 22/06/2025

Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

Prom 27, Dinnerstein, National Youth Orchestra, Gourlay review - colour symphonies

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Prom 17, Walshe, Tsallagova, Shenyang, NYC, BBCSSO, Volkov review - the sublime and the (enjoyably) ridiculous

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Prom 13, The Wreckers, Glyndebourne review - an overloaded ship steered with pride

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Margot La Rouge/Le Villi, Opera Holland Park review – Parisian fancies and Black Forest gâteau

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Otello, Grange Park Opera review - angels and demons

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Fidelio, Insula Orchestra, Barbican review - truth and justice brought to light

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Kožená, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - Berlin to Broadway, and back

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Faust, English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner, St Martin-in-the-Fields review – gusto and grace

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Alejandro Zambra: Chilean Poet review - from here to paternity

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Angela Hewitt, Wigmore Hall review - grand tour in a luxury vehicle

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Wang, Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov, Barbican review - the sound of history

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Cabell, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - transatlantic traffic

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María Gainza: Portrait of an Unknown Lady review – queens of the unreal

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MacMillan Christmas Oratorio, LPO, Elder, RFH review – a new star for the season

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Imogen Cooper, Wigmore Hall review - calm waters run deep

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Balsom, Daniel, Poster, Britten Sinfonia, Stroman, Milton Court review – kinds of blue

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