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Rob Barnett

Russian and English voices from two centuries beguile and collide in Todmorden

26/03/202425/03/2024 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Michaela Jones (viola), Todmorden Orchestra / Connor Lyster (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 23.3.2024. (RBa)

Todmorden Orchestra

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Bonfire of the Passions: Bernstein, Prokofiev and Bax in Northampton

05/03/2024 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bernstein, Prokofiev, Bax: Joo Yeon Sir (violin), Northampton Symphony Orchestra / John Gibbons (conductor). Christ Church, Northampton, 2.3.2024. (RBa)

Joo Yeon Sir

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Light-suffused late and early romanticism from the BBC Philharmonic in Salford

24/02/2024 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom MacDowell, Bax: Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford, 22.2.2024. (RBa)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at Salford’s MediaCityUK conducted by John Wilson

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Gerard Schurmann in-depth from the BBC PO in Salford

28/11/202309/11/2023 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schurmann: Xiayin Wang (piano), BBC Philharmonic / Ben Gernon (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford, 8.11.2023. (RBa)

Ben Gernon and Xiayin Wang

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Twentieth-Century Treasures: Ruth Gipps and Grace Williams in Salford

16/09/202316/09/2023 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gipps, Grace Williams: Martin Owen (French horn), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Rumon Gamba (conductor). BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK, Salford, 13.9.2023. (RBa)

Ruth Gipps

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A rare outing for Bax’s Third Symphony in Sheffield

12/06/202311/06/2023 by Rob Barnett

United Kingdom Various: Sheffield Symphony Orchestra / Juan Ortuño (conductor). All Saints Ecclesall Parish Church, Ecclesall, Sheffield, 10.6.2023. (RBa)

Juan Ortuño conducts the Sheffield Symphony Orchestra

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Todmorden’s Purely Classical concert

27/03/202327/03/2023 by Rob Barnett

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elgar, Nielsen, Brahms: Frederico Paixão (flute), Todmorden Orchestra / Nicholas Concannon Hodges (conductor). Todmorden Town Hall, Calderdale, 25.3.2023. (RBa)

Frederico Paixão

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The 17th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 2022: live and livestreamed this October

13/12/202220/09/2022 by Rob Barnett

The 17th International Malcolm Arnold Festival 2022 – The Dancing Master

8-9 October 2022 (live in London)

30th October (Free and Livestreamed from around the UK)

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