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Lucy Jeffery

Roman Rabinovich and a Clown on a Bicycle

19/06/201613/06/2016 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Michael Brown, Haydn, Stravinsky: Roman Rabinovich (piano), RWCMD, Cardiff, 12.6.2016. (LJ)

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Ping-Pong and Other Jazz Games with Jean Toussaint

12/06/201605/06/2016 by Lucy Jeffery

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jean Toussaint’s Roots and Herbs – ‘The Art Blakey Project’: Jean Toussaint (tenor saxophone), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Dennis Rollins (trombone), Jason Rebello (piano), Daniel Casimir (bass), Shane Forbes (drums), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 4.6.2016. (LJ)

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Angela Hewitt Plays Scarlatti, Bach and Beethoven: What more is there to say?

17/02/201611/02/2016 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scarlatti, Bach & Beethoven: Angela Hewitt (piano), Dora Stoutzker Hall, RWCMD, Cardiff, 24.1.2016. (LJ)

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At Café Griensteidl with the Francoise-Green Duo

28/02/201618/01/2016 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Schoenberg (arr. Berg), Wallace, Schubert: Antoine Francoise (piano), Robin Green (piano), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 14.1.2016. (LJ)

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Spirited Wigmore Hall Performance of Mendelssohn and Saint-Saens by the Aquinas Trio

14/12/201507/12/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns: The Aquinas Trio [Ruth Rogers (violin), Katherine Jenkinson (cello), Martin Cousin (piano)], Wigmore Hall, London, 6.12.2015. (LJ)

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An Unbeatable Wigmore Sunday Morning Coffee Concert with Nicolas Altstaedt

05/12/201524/11/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bach, Dutilleux, Britten: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Wigmore Hall, London, 22.11.2015. (LJ)

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A Disappointing Mismatch of Musical and Opera in Sweeney Todd

02/03/201912/10/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sondheim, Sweeney Todd: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / James Holmes (conductor), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 8.10.2015. (LJ).

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Authenticity Breeds Originality in the Hands of the London Haydn Quartet

14/10/201512/10/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Haydn:  London Haydn Quartet [Catherine Manson (first violin), Michael Gurevich (second violin), James Boyd (viola), Jonathon Manson (cello)], Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 29/09/15 (LJ).

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