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Boyd Tonkin

Articles By Boyd Tonkin

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and shadows

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Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Suzuki, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - the perfect temperature for Bach

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Aldeburgh Festival, Weekend 1 review - dance to the music of time

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Così fan tutte, Nevill Holt Festival/Opera North review - re-writing the script

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The Flying Dutchman, Opera Holland Park review - into the storm of dreams

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Wigmore Hall review - family fun, fire and finesse

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Bach St John Passion, Academy of Ancient Music, Cummings, Barbican review - conscience against conformism

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Goldberg Variations, Ólafsson, Wigmore Hall review - Bach in the shadow of Beethoven

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Verdi Requiem, Philharmonia, Muti, RFH review - new sparks from an old flame

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La finta giardiniera, The Mozartists, Cadogan Hall review - blooms in the wild garden

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov, Barbican review - from Russia, with tough love

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The Capulets and the Montagues, English Touring Opera review - the wise guys are singing like canaries

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Bach's Mass in B minor, The English Concert, Bezuidenhout, St Martin-in-the-Fields review - solemnity and splendour

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Sidorova, Philharmonia, Alsop, Royal Festival Hall review - ladies of the dance

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BBC Singers, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review - on the way to heaven via King's Cross

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Leif Ove Andsnes, Wigmore Hall review - colour and courage, from Hardanger to Majorca

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