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The week in classical: The Monster in the Maze; Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson; Rigoletto – review

The Observer 10 Nov 2024
Think Gaza ... First seen in 1982 – designs by Patrick Robertson and Rosemary Vercoe, translation by James Fenton – this revival of Jonathan Miller’s production is superbly conducted by Richard Farnes, with top orchestral playing and expert male chorus ... .
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Rigoletto review – Miller’s mafioso take still brings style and insights to Verdi’s masterpiece

The Observer 31 Oct 2024
From the start, Richard Farnes again showcased his credentials as one of this country’s best operatic conductors ... of Verdi’s scoring, but Farnes never swamps the singers in more lyrical moments.
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Kolesnikov/Symphony Orch of India/Farnes review – swagger, spaciousness and a surging tone

The Observer 30 Nov 2023
Conductor Richard Farnes ... Richard Farnes was the conductor for the opening, whose programme was not at all the hackneyed selection of popular works that touring orchestras so often seem to think is the ...
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La Traviata review – radical revival powered by outstanding performers

The Observer 24 Oct 2023
Excruciating tension … La Traviata at London Coliseum. Photograph. Tristram Kenton/The Guardian ... The opera is greatly conducted by Richard Farnes, who digs deep into its emotional world and whose understanding of its dramatic pace is matched by few ... .
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Michael White’s classical news: Songs of Nadia Anjuman; Richard Goode; La Traviata; Krsyzstof Moskalewicz

Islington Tribune 19 Oct 2023
On Oct 20 it’s Richard Goode; on Oct 25 it’s Jonathan Biss; and in both cases expect to witness outstanding (not to say super-articulate) musical minds at work ... Richard Farnes conducts.
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Hymns on Sunday, 24 September 2023

RNZ 23 Sep 2023
Listen duration 29′ .37″ Add to playlistPlaylist. Download Download as Ogg Download as MP3 Download as AAC Play Ogg in browser Play MP3 in browser Play AAC in browser ... Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (dir), Richard Farnes (organ).
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NCPA presents the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) Autumn 2022 Season

The Eastern Herald 13 Sep 2022
Several internationally-acclaimed artists will be featured, most making their India debut, including conductors Alpesh Chauhan and Richard Farnes, pianists Benjamin ... Richard Farnes, conductor.
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The week in classical: Parsifal; Eugene Onegin; Scriabin: Poems of Ecstasy and Fire

The Observer 12 Jun 2022
The outstanding forces of Opera North, conducted by its former music director Richard Farnes, made Tuesday’s performance one to remember ... his is at its best ... Farnes’s pacing keeps the music moving, but allows the essential space and amplitude needed ... .
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ADRIAN THRILLS: By George, the king of gap year pop has grown up

The Daily Mail 10 Jun 2022
Richard Farnes, the company’s former music director, is an unfussy, sensitive conductor and secures splendid playing — the horns were making wonderful sounds even at the end of the marathon.
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Parsifal review – the shimmering beauty of Wagner’s score shines

The Guardian 02 Jun 2022
Grand theatre, Leeds Richard Farnes and the Opera North orchestra take ... As before, though, Opera North’s orchestra, conducted again by its former music director Richard Farnes , takes centre stage.
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Parsifal review — Opera North’s wonderful orchestra take centre stage in Wagner’s epic

The Times/The Sunday Times 02 Jun 2022
... and ending with the orchestra’s glow under the baton of Opera North’s former music director Richard Farnes, well known as the perfect Wagnerite.Sponsored.
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