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Claire Seymour

An invigorating recital by Vilde Frang at Wigmore Hall

04/11/201915/10/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Schubert, Bartók: Vilde Frang (violin), Michail Lifits (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 13.10.2019. (CS)

(c) Marco Borggreve

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Categories Concert Reviews, UK Concerts

Clemens Schuldt makes an animated London debut with the Philharmonia

04/11/201914/10/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Mendelssohn, Beethoven: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra / Clemens Schuldt (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 13.10.2019. (CS)

Augustin Hadelich (c) Rosalie O’Connor

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Categories Concert Reviews, This Week's Review, UK Concerts Tags London

Immaculate ensemble-playing from the Borodin Quartet at Wigmore Hall

04/11/201910/10/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Arensky: Borodin Quartet (Ruben Aharonian & Sergei Lomovsky [violins], Igor Naidin [viola], Vladimir Balshin [cello]), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.10.2019. (CS)

Borodin Quartet at Wigmore Hall (courtesy of Wigmore Hall)

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Categories Concert Reviews, This Week's Review, UK Concerts Tags London 1 Comment

Sakari Oramo reveals the gorgeous colours of William Alwyn’s Miss Julie

26/10/201904/10/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alwyn, Miss Julie: Soloists, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor), Kenneth Richardson (director), Barbican Hall, London, 3.10.2019. (CS)

Anna Patalong (Miss Julie) and Benedict Nelson (Jean) (c) Tom Howard

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Jurowski and the LPO on peak form in An Alpine Symphony

26/10/201903/10/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, R. Strauss: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 2.10.2019. (CS)

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Vladimir Jurowski’s astutely constructed programme launches the LPO’s new season

10/10/201929/09/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Knussen, Britten, Tchaikovsky: Julia Fischer (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 27.9.2019. (CS)

Julia Fischer (c) Felix Broede

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Romantic riches from Ax and the LSO at the Barbican

29/09/201920/09/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Rachmaninov: Emmanuel Ax (piano), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 18.9.2019. (CS)

Emmanuel Ax (c) Maurice Jerry Beznos

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Individualism and introspection from Yuja Wang at the Proms

23/09/201908/09/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC PROM 63 – Rachmaninov, Brahms: Yuja Wang (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden / Myung-Whun Chung (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2019. (CS)

Yuja Wang (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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Categories BBC Promenade Concerts 2019, Concert Reviews, Festival 2019, Festivals, This Week's Review, UK Concerts Tags Claire Seymour, London 1 Comment
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