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More kudos for Laura Rickard and her RCMF 2025 concert planning

14/06/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2025 [3] – Various: Romsey URC Church, 6.6.2025. (CK)

Junyan Chen (piano), Emma Roijackers (violin), Lydia Hillerudh (cello) and Gerbrich Meijer (clarinet) ©  Chen

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The Belcea Quartet’s interesting and satisfying Wigmore Hall Schoenberg and Beethoven pairing

12/06/2025 by Mark Berry

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schoenberg and Beethoven: Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea, Suyeon Kang [violins], Krysztof Chorzelski [viola], Antoine Lederlin [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 11.6.2025. (MB)

Belcea Quartet © Maurice Haas

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Momen’s playing at Wigmore Hall was radiant and she remains, as much as ever, a name to watch

11/06/202510/06/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Byrd: Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 8.6.2025. (CC)

Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen © Benjamin Ealovega

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Luke Hsu tackles a violin players’ Everest, plus magnificent Bridge, Debussy and Schubert at RCMF 2025

14/06/202510/06/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2025 [2] – Various: Romsey Abbey, St Leonard’s Church, Sherfield English, Romsey URC Church, 3-5.6.2025. (CK)

Violinist Luke Hsu © Anjulie Chen

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The Jerusalem Quartet’s ultimate interpretation of Shostakovich quartets

11/06/202508/06/2025 by Agnes Kory

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Shostakovich Cycle: Jerusalem Quartet (Alexander Pavlosky, Sergei Bresler [violins], Ori Kam [viola], Kyril Zlotnikov [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 2-4.6.2025. (AK)

Jerusalem Quartet playing Shostakovich in Cleveland earlier this year © Ron Werman/CCMS

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Generally fine Mozart and Tchaikovsky from the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam at Wigmore Hall

03/06/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. Wigmore Hall, London, 1.6.2025. (CC)

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

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An unforgettable evening in Romsey Abbey as the Chamber Music Festival returns

14/06/202502/06/2025 by Chris Kettle

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Romsey Chamber Music Festival 2025 [1] – Schubert, Adès, Barber, Ravel, Bryars: String players of the Romsey Chamber Music Festival. Romsey Abbey, 31.5.2025. (CK)

String players of the Romsey Chamber Music Festival

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Superlative Gerontius from the Hertfordshire Chorus under David Temple in St Albans Cathedral

01/06/202501/06/2025 by John Rhodes

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar: Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), James Platt (bass), Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera / David Temple (conductor, chorus music director). St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, 31.5.2025. (JR)

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