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Claire Seymour

The Endellion String Quartet’s Uniformity of Thought and Instinct

26/06/201521/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Mendelssohn, Ravel: The Endellion String Quartet [Andrew Watkinson & Ralph da Souza (violins), Garfield Jackson (viola), David Waterman (cello)], Wigmore Hall, London, 18.6.2015 (CS)

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Violinist Esther Yoo Plays Glazunov Concerto with Refinement and Expression

17/06/201513/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sibelius, Glazunov: Esther Yoo (violin),  Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 12.6.2015 (CS)

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James Ehnes and Marin Alsop:  A Rewarding Combination of Relaxed Efficiency and Striving Energy

16/06/201508/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bartók, Korngold and Rachmaninov: James Ehnes (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor), Barbican Hall London, 7.6.2015 (CS)

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A Resounding Puccinian Success Opens Opera Holland Park’s 2015 Season

09/06/201504/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini: Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia and Opera Holland Park Chorus, Stuart Stratford (conductor), Holland Park, London, 2.6.2015 (CS)

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The English Chamber Orchestra’s Stylish Sunday Concert

07/06/201502/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Verdi, Mozart, Pärt and Haydn: Ana de la Vega (flute), English Chamber Orchestra/Gianluca Marciano (conductor), King’s Place London, 31.5.2015 (CS)

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Refinement, Poise and Eloquence in James Ehnes’ Wigmore Hall Recital

07/06/201529/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Respighi, Szymanowski and Elgar: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 26.5.2015 (CS)

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The Imaginative Richness of Christian Tetzlaff’s Beethoven: Exciting and Memorable

31/05/201526/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven and Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Sally Matthews (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), , London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2015 (CS)

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An Eclectic Evening with the Russian Virtuosi of Europe

11/05/201506/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Cuéllar, Zhislin, Shostakovich: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Maria Meerovitch (piano), Richard Burrell (guitar), Yuri Zhislin (violin), Russian Virtuosi of Europe/ Yuri Zhislin (director), King’s Place London, 3.5.2015 (CS)

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