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Review: Surrey Opera presents The Bartered Bride

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Bedrich Smetana composed The Bartered Bride in 1866 as a response to critics who judged his earlier works as too Wagnerian. It was a success from the...

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Review: Reigate & Redhill Music Festival 2010 – Concert Finale

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

"Simply the Best" sums up the concept of the festival concert, a culmination of three weeks listening and assessing by a dedicated team of adjudicator...

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Review: Leith Hill Musical Festival 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

Choral singers raised the roof of Dorking Halls for this year's Leith Hill Musical Festival. Reviewer Simon Ames was there...

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Review: Leith Hill Musical Festival 2010 – Open Competitions for Youth Choirs

Friday, April 16, 2010

A fine initiative by past Leith Hill Musical Festival (LHMF) management, this annual competition for youth choirs is aimed at stimulating the younger...

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Review: Leith Hill Musical Festival 2010 presents The Passion according to St John by J S Bach

Thursday, April 01, 2010

First performed on Good Friday in 1724 in Leipzig, Bach's exalted music makes big demands on the choral elements of the work.

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Review: Endellion String Quartet presented by Dorking Concertgoers Society

Monday, March 29, 2010

At the second of their three appearances at Dorking, this award-winning quartet began with Beethoven's String Quartet in D major, No.3 in Opus 18. The...

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Review: Godalming Operatic Society presents The Yeoman of the Guard

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The 11th of the 14 comic operas created by W S Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan in the late Victorian era, this one is very different from its...

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THE COMPANY: Strolling players Jack Point (played by Simon Cakebread) and Elsie Maynard (played by Ruth Parr) entertaining the Yeomen and Townsfolk. Photo: Peter Sillick

Review: My Fair Lady presented by Surrey Opera at The Harlequin, Redhill

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

For many in the audience, this show was a reminder of how sublime melodies and indelible characters can easily transport them to the realm of romantic...

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THE LEAD COUPLE: Rebecca Hodgetts as Eliza and Paul Sheehan as Professor Higgins. <I>Photo: C.H.Z Photography </I>

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