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2 weeks ago | 
standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley
Culture | MusicDancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests provide choreography for a one-of-a-kind performance of Terry Riley’s In CThe Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
aol.co.uk | Nick Kimberley
Chineke! was founded in 2015 as Europe’s “first professional orchestra of black and ethnic minority musicians”. It now describes its members as “majority Black and ethnically diverse” but that majority is large. A concert marking its tenth anniversary was bound to be noisy; so it proved. The name comes from Nigeria’s Igbo language; with the exclamation mark, it could translate as “Oh my God!” – a shout of exaltation? Or perhaps shock, that such ensembles are still rare.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
everand.com | Nick Kimberley
Chineke! was founded in 2015 as Europe’s “first professional of black and ethnic minority ”. It now describes its members as “majority Black and ethnically diverse” but that majority is large. A concert marking its tenth anniversary was bound to be noisy; so it proved.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
everand.com | Nick Kimberley
Unlikely as it may sound, you could make a neat Venn diagram of theatrical affinities linking Gilbert and Sullivan, Samuel Beckett and Mike Leigh. The last two fit together quite comfortably, but G&S? Yes: in their different ways, both Beckett and Leigh sustained a lifelong
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Nick Kimberley
Which of us hasn’t at some point fallen for the charms of a bogus sales pitch? A common human experience, ripe for comic exploitation, duly delivered in Donizetti’s opera L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love). It tells the tale of Nemorino (“little nobody” in Italian), too poor, too timid to tell the woman he loves – the glamorous Lady of the Manor, Adina – that he fancies her.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
standard.co.uk | Nick Kimberley
If I was compiling a list of the most memorable Proms performances I’ve seen, I would have to include the all-Beethoven Prom that Paavo Järvi conducted back in 2010; the fact that I still remember it proves it must have been memorable. Järvi was back at the Proms last night, Beethoven once again on offer, in this instance, his Fifth Piano Concerto, nicknamed the Emperor.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
everand.com | Nick Kimberley
If I was compiling a list of the most memorable Proms performances I’ve seen, I would have to include the all-Beethoven Prom that Paavo Järvi conducted back in 2010; the fact that I still remember it proves it must have been memorable. Järvi was back atlast night, once again on offer, in this instance, his Fifth Piano Concerto, nicknamed the Emperor.
