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Lucy Jeffery

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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Cantemus Take on Bach’s Motets with Mixed Success

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

United KingdomUnited Kingdom J. S. Bach: Tabitha Rodway (soprano), Cantemus Chamber Choir / Huw Williams (director),  John Cheer (organ), Claudine Cassidy (cello), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, 10.10.15 (LJ).

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A Wholly Spirited Sunday Morning with Clare Hammond

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

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Swansea International Festival – Sibelius, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Scriabin: Clare Hammond (piano), Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 11.10.2015 (LJ).

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Magnificent Bach Recital from Yo Yo Ma

20/07/201907/09/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Prom 68 – J S Bach, Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Royal Albert Hall, London, 5.9.2015. (LJ)

Yo-Yo Ma (c) BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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András Schiff’s Gold Standard Account of the Goldberg Variations

04/09/201524/08/2015 by Lucy Jeffrey

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Prom 50, J. S. Bach: Sir András Schiff (piano), Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2015 (LJ).

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