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A Fiery Dove Premiere Performed by the Amazing Melvyn Tan

17/07/201610/07/2016 by RJones

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Dove, Liszt: Melvyn Tan (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 9.7.2016. (RJ)

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Arthur Bliss Society Recital Champions Little Known British Piano Repertoire

17/07/201610/07/2016 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Stevenson, Holst. Venables, Bliss: Maria Marchant (oiano), St Andrew’s Church, Montpellier, Cheltenham, 9.7.2016. (RJ)

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Lindberg and Pöntinen Present a Concerto Premiere and New View of Mussorgsky’s Pictures

15/07/201609/07/2016 by RJones

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lindberg, Schumann, Stravinsky, Albéniz, Mussorgsky: Christian Lindberg (trombone), Roland  Pöntinen (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 8.7.2016. (RJ)

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Doric Quartet Enthral Audience with Bartók and Beethoven

15/07/201608/07/2016 by RJones

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Haydn, Bartók, Beethoven: Doric Quartet [Alex Reddington, Jonathan Stone (violins), Hélène Clément (viola), John Myerscough (cello)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 7.7.2016. (RJ)

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Pascal and Ami Rogé Demonstrate Satie’s Abiding Influence on French Music

15/07/201607/07/2016 by RJones

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Satie, Debussy, Ravel. Milhaud, Tailleferre, Durey, Auric, Honegger, Poulenc: Pascal and Ami Rogé (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2016. (RJ)

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A Thought-Provoking Marriage of Figaro at Longborough

02/07/201629/06/2016 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Longborough Festival Opera / Robert Houssart (conductor), Longborough, 29.6.2016. (RJ)

Grant Doyle (Figaro) and Beate Mondal (Susanna) (c) Matthew Williams-Ellis

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Falstaff Starts Off English Music Festival’s 10th Birthday Celebration

03/06/201628/05/2016 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Parry, Lewis, Matthews, Delius, Coleridge-Taylor, Vaughan Williams: BBC Concert Orchestra/Martin Yates (conductor), Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames, 27.5.2016. (RJ)

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Impressive Chipping Campden Debut for Faust and Bezuidenhout

27/05/201622/05/2016 by RJones

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach: Isabelle Faust (violin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord), Chipping Campden International Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 20.5.2016. (RJ)

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