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Reviews by John Dunston

Twelfth Night

John Dunston

If you’re seeking a play for today, look no further than Twelfth Night. And as an antidote to the trials and tribulations of the past eighteen months, Tomahawk Theatre’s sparkling production was ...

3 months ago

Twelfth Night

OSJ Summer Festival 2021

John Dunston

Carmina Burana, SJE Arts on 26 June 2021 The universal popularity of Carmina Burana (1935/6) has not quite made its composer, Carl Orff, a one-hit wonder, his creative work encompassing many genres ...

3 months ago

OSJ Summer Festival 2021

Christoph Willibald Gluck: The Crown (La Corona)

John Dunston

Bampton Classical Opera’s concert performance of Gluck’s La corona reminded us of the enduring relevance and adaptability of those Greek myths. And what inadvertently apt timing it was for a work ...

4 months ago

Christoph Willibald Gluck: The Crown (La Corona)

Lunchtime Recitals

John Dunston

Baroque lute recital by John Reeve, ' The Elegy of the French Lute: The music of Robert de Visée' , 29 April 2021 There was an almost surreal quality to this recital on the baroque lute by John ...

5 months ago

Lunchtime Recitals

John Dunston

Piano recital by Ana Bursac, 11 February 2021 Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 11 Online from the synagogue of Novi Sad, Serbia Robert Schumann’s Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 11, written between ...

8 months ago

Lunchtime Recitals