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Edward Seckerson: The Age of Aquarius dawns again
It's been pretty scary returning from the Big Apple eager to share one's excitement over the glorious revival of the 'American Tribal Love-Rock Musical' "HAIR" and finding yourself confronted with a series of puzzled faces - "What's 'Hair'?"
Bryn Terfel: 'Bad Boys', Royal Festival Hall (Rated 4/ 5 )
Bryn Terfel arrived in the capital armed with countless sneers and as many ways to make mischief. His latest album Bad Boys – a comprehensive gallery of operatic rogues and villains – was now a tour, and there was a big, glossy, souvenir programme to prove it.
- Angela Gheorghiu/Marius Manea/Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall (Rated 2/ 5 )
- Les Arts Florissants, Union Chapel, Islington (Rated 5/ 5 )
- Artaxerxes, Linbury Studio, London
Smith Quartet/Axelsson, Wigmore Hall, London
London Sinfonietta/Bang on a Can/Reich, Royal Festival Hall, London
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
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