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Chris Kettle

Southampton’s Mayflower Ensemble champions the music of three women composers

21/03/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Verne-Bredt, Tate, Beethoven, C. Schumann: Mayflower Ensemble (Nicola Heinrich [cello], Alison Hughes [clarinet], Samantha Carrasco [piano]). Beaulieu Abbey Church, Brockenhurst, 16.3.2024. (CK)

Clarinettist Alison Hughes pianist Samantha Carrasco and cellist Nicola Heinrich

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Purity and power: Bruckner from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

17/03/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Bruckner: Awadagin Pratt (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 13.3.2024. (CK)

Pianist Awadagin Pratt rehearsing with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Karabits

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Potent mix of Americana, served up by Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO

04/03/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gershwin, Harris, Adams: Kirill Gerstein (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 3.3.2024. (CK)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts pianist Kirill Gerstein and the LSO © Mark Allan

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Visionary Vaughan Williams and monumental Brahms from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

23/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Vaughan Williams: Boris Giltburg (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Steffens (conductor). The Lighthouse, Poole, 21.2.2024. (CK)

Karl-Heinz Steffens in rehearsal with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © BSO

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The cold beauty of a winter sky: Emilia Hoving and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra play Saariaho

16/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Saariaho, Beethoven, Prokofiev: Ning Feng (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Emilia Hoving (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole 14.2.2024. (CK)

Emilia Hoving rehearsing with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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A Siegfried to celebrate from Regents Opera

12/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wagner, Siegfried: Soloists, Orchestra of Regents Opera / Ben Woodward (conductor). Freemasons’ Hall, London, 7.2.2024. (CK)

Peter Furlong (Siegfried) and Catharine Woodward (Brünnhilde) © Steve Gregson

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Great performance and partnership: Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 from Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

10/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss, Rachmaninov: Louise Alder (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London 8.2.2024. (CK)

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © RPO

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Gently revelatory Coleridge-Taylor symphony from Chineke! at the Royal Festival Hall

06/02/202405/02/2024 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Watts, Saint-Saëns, Coleridge-Taylor: William Campbell (organ), Chineke! Orchestra / Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.2.2024. (CK)

William Campbell plays Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony with the Chineke! Orchestra © Chuko Cribb

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