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It is with great sadness that we announce the recent sudden and unexpected death of Claire Seymour. After falling ill at the New Year and after a spell in hospital all seemed well and she was as active as ever working with students, marking exams, reviewing, researching and being an invaluable help to Gary Hoffman’s … Read more
Norman, Stravinsky, Sibelius: Vilde Frang (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 20.1.2024. (CS)
Cirque du Soleil – Alegría, in a new light: Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.1.2024. (CS)
Janáček, Turnage, Bartók: Castalian String Quartet (Sini Simonen & Daniel Roberts [violin], Edgar Francis [viola], Steffan Morris [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 16.1.2024. (CS)
Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart: Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Chiaroscuro Quartet (Alina Ibragimova & Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux [violins], Emilie Hörnlund [viola], Claire Thirion [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 29.10.2023. (CS)
Dvořák, Smetana, Brahms: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Nash Ensemble (Alasdair Beatson [piano] Benjamin Nabarro & David Adams [violin], Lars Anders Tomter [viola], Adrian Brendel [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 14.10.2023. (CS)
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival 2023 [2] – Holloway, Beethoven: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective and Orsino Winds. Marble Hall, Hatfield House, 30.9.2023. (CS)
Prom 62 – Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Charlotte Ritchie (actor), Karl Queensborough (actor), Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 2.8.2023. (CS)