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Claire Seymour

Spontaneity and Style from the Razumovsky Ensemble

12/06/201708/06/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Schubert: Razumovsky Ensemble (Kolja Blacher & Jan Schmolck [violin], Andriy Viytovych [viola], Olega Kogan & Alexander Chaushian [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 6.6.2017. (CS)

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Ideal Chamber Music-Making from the Zemlinsky Quartet

06/06/201730/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Zemlinsky, Janáček: Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček & Petr Střížek [violins], Petr Holman [viola], Vladimír Fortin [cello]), Wigmore Hall London, 29.5.2017. (CS)

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A Veritable Prospero of the Podium: Herbert Blomstedt with the Philharmonia in Canterbury

06/06/201730/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Beethoven: Martin Helmchen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 28.5.2017. (CS)

Herbert Blomstedt: photo credit - Martin Lengemann.
Herbert Blomsted (c) Martin Lengemann

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Nicholas Daniel and Friends Provide an Oboe Aficionado’s Dream

06/06/201727/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nicholas Daniel and Friends (Faculty Artist Series): Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Leslie Howard (piano), Katya Apekisheva (piano), Charles Owen (piano), musicians from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 25.05.2017 (CS)

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Phantasm Provide a Fantastic Lunchtime Treat

27/05/201723/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lawes, Locke: Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Phantasm [Laurence Dreyfus (director/treble viol), Emilia Benjamin (treble viol), Jonathan Manson (treble viol), Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (bass viol)], Wigmore Hall, London, 22.5.2017. (CS)

(c) Marco Borggreve
Phantasm (c) Marco Borggreve

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David Cohen and the Carducci Quartet Mix the Familiar with the New

16/05/201709/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Gordon Crosse, Gavin Higgins, Schubert: David Cohen (cello), Carducci String Quartet (Matthew Denton & Michelle Fleming [violin], Eoin Schmidt-Martin [viola], Emma Denton [cello]), St John’s Smith Square, London, 5.5.2017 (CS)

Photo credit: Tom Barnes.
Photo credit: Tom Barnes.

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Anne-Sophie Mutter Takes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto By the Scruff of the Neck

12/05/201708/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 7.5.2017. (CS)

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A Perceptive and Penetrating Partnership Between Alban Gerhardt and Steven Osborne

08/05/201706/05/2017 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Shostakovich: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Steven Osborne (piano), LSO St Luke’s, London, 4.5.2017. (CS)

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