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Claire Seymour

Avalanche: A Love Story: Maxine Peake Excels at the Barbican Theatre

19/05/201903/05/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Julia Leigh, Avalanche: A Love Story: Barbican Theatre, Barbican Centre, London, 1.5.2019. (CS)

Maxine Peake ©The Other Richard
Maxine Peake © The Other Richard

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Superb Shostakovich from the Pavel Haas Quartet at Wigmore Hall

19/05/201924/04/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich: Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jarůšková & Marek Zwiebel [violins], Jiří Kabát [viola], Peter Jarůšek [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.4.2019. (CS)

Pavel Haas Quartet (c) Marco Borggreve

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The Brodsky Quartet Offer Compelling Spiritual Reconciliation and Redemption

04/05/201917/04/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom MacMillan, Haydn: Brodsky Quartet (Gina McCormack & Ian Belton [violins], Paul Cassidy [viola], Jacqueline Thomas [cello]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 15.4.2019. (CS)

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The Schumann Quartet Reveal New Musical Relationships at Kings Place

06/04/201925/03/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Glass, Webern, Janáček, Gershwin: Schumann Quartet (Erik Schumann & Ken Schumann [violin], Liisa Randalu [viola], Mark Schumann [cello]), Kings Place, 22.3.2019. (CS)

Schumann Quartet

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Barbara Hannigan Makes a Diverse Programme Cohere Through Musicianship and Sheer Personality

02/04/201918/03/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ligeti, Haydn, Berg, Gershwin (arr. Hannigan and Elliot): Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, London, 17.3.2019. (CS)

Barbara Hannigan (c) Elmer de Haas
Barbara Hannigan (c) Elmer de Haas

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The Belcea Quartet Pays a Fine Centenary Tribute to Hans Keller

23/03/201912/03/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Britten: Belcea Quartet (Corine Belcea & Axel Schacher [violins], Krzysztof Chorzelski [viola], Antoine Lederlin [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 11.3.2019

Belcea Quartet (c) Marco Borggreve
Belcea Quartet
(c) Marco Borggreve

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Joshua Bell Offers Thought-Provoking Victuals Alongside Virtuosic Fare at the Barbican Hall

10/03/201902/03/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Prokofiev, Grieg: Joshua Bell (violin), Sam Haywood (piano), Barbican Hall, 27.2.2019. (CS)

Joshua Bell (c) Bill Phelps
Joshua Bell (c) Bill Phelps

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Freshness and Sincerity from the Consone Quartet at Kings Place

10/03/201928/02/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert and the Mendelssohns: Gillian Keith (soprano), Consone Quartet (Agata Daraskaite & Magdalena Loth-Hill [violins], Elitsa Bogdanova [viola], George Ross [cello]), Kings Place, 24.2.2019. (CS)

Consone Quartet
Consone Quartet

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