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Geoff Diggines

Kelemen Play Mozart and Tchaikovsky with Total Confidence and Conviction

18/03/201510/03/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Tchaikovsky: Kelemen Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 9.3.2015. (GD)

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From Schubert to Webern – Compelling Performances from the Belcea Quartet

18/03/201508/03/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Webern, Schubert, Brahms:  Belcea Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 1.3.2015 (GD)

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Mixed Audience Reaction to Segerstam’s Bruckner

10/03/201506/03/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Bruckner: BBC Singers / James O’Donnell (conductor),  Stephen Farr (organ),  BBC Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam. Barbican Hall, London,  28.2.2015.   (GD)

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Eschenbach’s Conservative Concert with LPO Lacks Dynamism

08/03/201506/03/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn: Ray Chan (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 25.2.2015

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A Fine Recital from Maria João Pires and Pavel Kolesnikov

09/03/201527/02/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven. Maria João Pires (piano), Pavel Kolesnikov (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 20 2 2015 (GD)

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A Memorable Schumann Chopin Recital from Imogen Cooper

22/02/201517/02/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Chopin: Imogen Cooper (piano), Wigmore Hall, 13.2.2015. (GD)

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Christopher Hogwood Remembered in Robert Levin/AAM Mozart Concert

27/05/202008/02/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Academy of Ancient Music / Robert Levin (conductor and forte-piano), Barbican Hall, London, 4.2.2015. (GD)

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Superlative Playing of Mozart from the Hagen Quartet

07/02/201502/02/2015 by Geoff DIggines

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart: Hagen Quartet, Wigmore Hall, London, 25.1.2015. (GD)

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