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David Fenton

The debut of an exciting pianistic partnership: Sarah Beth Briggs and Jack Gibbons

15/10/202612/08/2026 by David Fenton

United Kingdom From Schubert to Gershwin: Sarah Beth Briggs and Jack Gibbons (pianos). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 9.8.2026. (DF)

Jack Gibbons and Sarah Beth Briggs © Nicholas Posner

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