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Colin Clarke

COG’s La straniera emerges as a fascinating piece with Helena Dix magnificent in the title role

06/06/202504/06/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bellini, La straniera (concert performance): Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group / Stephen Barlow (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 1.6.2025. (CC)

Chelsea Opera Group’s La straniera at London’s Cadogan Hall © HD

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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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Terrific set of Ensemble 360 performances: Farrenc and Duruflé will live long in the memory

28/05/202527/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2025 [2] – Mother Goose: Ensemble 360. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 18.5.2025. (CC)

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Ensemble 360’s Nono proves an unforgettable experience in Sheffield

27/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Chamber Music Festival [1] – The Nostalgic Utopian Future Distance: Ensemble 360. Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, 18.5.2025. (CC)

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A very rare opportunity from Insula in Paris to see Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri staged

24/05/202523/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

FranceFrance Robert Schumann, Das Paradies und die Peri, Op.50 (1843):  Soloists, accentus, Insula / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). La Seine Musicale, Paris, 17.5.2025. (CC)

Insula’s Das Paradies und die Peri © Julien Benhamou

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Stunning Chopin, breezy Mendelssohn, staggering Schumann from Kariv, Forés Veses and the ECO

16/05/202512/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Chopin, R. Schumann: Alon Kariv (piano), English Chamber Orchestra / Roberto Forés Veses (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 11.5.2025. (CC)

Pianist Alon Kariv playing Chopin with the English Chamber Orchestra © ECO

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Fascinating repertoire from Nikita Lukinov at St Mary’s Perivale

16/05/202510/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Babadjanian: Nikita Lukinov (piano). St Mary’s Perivale, London, 8.5.2025. (CC)

Nilita Lukinov performing in St Mary’s Perivale

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Quatuor Danel’s rare opportunity to hear two Weinberg String Quartets at Wigmore Hall

16/05/202508/05/2025 by Colin Clarke

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Weinberg, Shostakovich: Quatuor Danel (Marc Danel, Gilles Millet [violins], Vlad Bogdanas [viola], Yovan Markovitch [cello]). Wigmore Hall, London, 6.5.2025. (CC)

Quatuor Danel performing at the Wigmore Hall

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