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Cheltenham

Benedetti and Trio Play Two Epic Works

23/07/201315/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Tchaikovsky: Nicola Benedetti (violin), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 11.7.2013. (PH)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Paul Hearn

Royal Holloway Alumna and Choir Celebrate Britten and Poulenc

23/07/201314/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten, Pitts, Plakidis, Michael Berkeley, Poulenc, Gabriel Jackson: Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano), The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 12.7.2013 (JQ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, John Quinn

The Tallis Scholars in Tewkesbury Abbey: An Unforgettable Experience

06/08/201312/07/2013 by Stan

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tallis, Palestrina, Allegri, Whitacre, Pärt, Byrd: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director), Cheltenham Music Festival, Tewkesbury Abbey, 10.7.2013 (JQ)

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Welsh Musicians Première New Works at Cheltenham

13/08/202009/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Roxanna Panufnik, David Matthews, Wagner, Beethoven: Anthony Marwood (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Welsh Sinfonia, Mark Eager (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Town Hall, Cheltenham, 7.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Back to the Nursery with Christianne Stotijn

10/07/201308/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Britten, Mussorgsky: Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 6.7.2013. (RJ)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Sarah Gabriel Pours Out Her Heart over the Phone

10/07/201308/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Poulenc, La Voix Humaine: Sarah Gabriel (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano). Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013.

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Categories Opera & Ballet, Previously Published, UK Opera Tags Cheltenham, Roger Jones

Contrasting Works by Two Composer Brothers

10/07/201307/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Fauré: The Schubert Ensemble [William Howard (piano), Simon Blendis (violin), Jane Salmon (cello), Douglas Paterson (viola)], Cheltenham Music Festival, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, 5.7.2013 (RJ)

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Atmospheric Sawer Première at Cheltenham Music Festival

10/07/201305/07/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Sawer, Morton Feldman/Samuel Beckett: Thomas Howes, William Oxborrow (actors), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Cheltenham Music Festival, Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, 4.7.2013. (RJ)

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