Chris Kettle

Beauty and Beachy Head: new music inspired by the South Downs from the Orchestra of Sound and Light

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various: Loré Lixenberg (voice), Helen Whitaker (flute), Alison Hughes (clarinet & bass clarinet), Rachel Fryer (keyboards), Lee Westwood (electric guitar), Joe Giddey (cello), Ed Hughes (director). Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, 13.7.2025. (CK)

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Excitement and emotion from Nicholas McCarthy and Mark Wigglesworth’s BSO at the Proms

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [1] – Shostakovich, Ravel, Walton: Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London 20.7.2025. (CK)

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy plays Ravel at the BBC Proms 2025 © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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A mixed but entertaining bag from Cordelia Williams and the Maxwell Quartet at the Turner Sims

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maxwell Davies, R. Schubert, Pärt, Schumann, Folk Songs: Cordelia Williams (piano), Maxwell Quartet (Colin Scobie, George Smith [violins], Elliott Perks [viola], Duncan Strachan [cello]). Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, 15.5.2025. (CK)

Maxwell Quartet: [l-r] Duncan Strachan (cello), Colin Scobie (violin), Elliott Perks (viola) and George Smith (violin)

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