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Fife

Bright, clean and gorgeous playing from the Castalians at the East Neuk Festival 2021

21/08/202105/07/2021 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom East Neuk Festival 2021 – Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Castalian Quartet (Sini Simonen, Daniel Roberts [violin], Charlotte Bonneton [viola], Christopher Graves [cello]). The Bowhouse, St Monans, Fife, 4.7.2021. (SRT)

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