Paul Conway

Radiant new concerto receives a beguiling first performance at Snape Maltings

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kodály, Deborah Pritchard, Mendelssohn: Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sora Elisabeth Lee (conductor). Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, 26.8.2026. (PC)

Violinist Harriet Mackenzie and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sora Elisabeth Lee © Britten Pears Arts

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Polished accounts of new and enterprising repertoire at the North York Moors Festival

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom North York Moors Festival 2026 – ‘The Dividing Line’: Alena Baeva, Benjamin Baker, Alessandro Ruisi and Charlotte Scott (violins), Sascha Bota (viola), Rebecca Gilliver, Tim Posner and Jamie Walton (cellos), Will Duerden (double bass), Ben Goldscheider (horn), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Jonathan Davies (bassoon). St Hedda’s Church, Egton Bridge, North Yorkshire 13.8.2026. (PC)

Violist Sascha Bota in front of Caroline Burraway’s installation during the performance of Schubert’s String Quintet in C © Matthew Johnson

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A carefully curated collection of eclectic but thematically interrelated songs from La Locura

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom ‘Invisible Threads’ – Various: La Locura: Ana Beard Fernández (soprano), Iain Hall (cello and recorders), Louise Anna Duggan (percussion), Oliver Wass (triple harp). St Clement Danes Church, London 26.7.2026. (PC)

Composer Emma-Ruth Richards (far left) and La Locura at St Clement Danes Church (courtesy of @_fotai_ )

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