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Claire Seymour

Intellectual Curiosity and Musical Insight from the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall

19/02/201908/02/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Skryabin, Britten, Colin Matthews, R. Strauss: Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia, Wigmore Hall, London, 6.2.2019. (CS)

Nicholas Daniel (c) Eric Richmond
Nicholas Daniel (c) Eric Richmond

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Fine Advocacy for Unjustly Neglected Works by Three Female Composers

10/02/201929/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Venus and the Violin – Lili Boulanger, Debussy, Clarke, Beach, Beethoven: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Kings Place, London, 27.1.2018. (CS)

Tamsin Waley-Cohen (c) Patrick Allen
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (c) Patrick Allen

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Augustin Hadelich Brings Warmth and Joy to a Cold January Evening in Basingstoke

02/02/201918/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, R. Strauss: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Karabits (conductor), The Anvil, Basingstoke, 17.1.2019. (CS)

Augustin Hadelich (Photo: Luca Valentina)
Augustin Hadelich (Photo: Luca Valentina)

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IMS Prussia Cove Musicians Show How Beethoven Both Baffles and Beguiles

02/02/201917/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Beethoven – IMS Prussia Cove Sándor Végh Memorial Concert: Kings Place, London, 14.1.2019. (CS)

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Welcome Brahms Rarities Benefit from the Nash Ensemble’s Fine Advocacy

02/02/201914/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms: Nash Ensemble / Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Wigmore Hall, London, 12.1.2019. (CS)

Caspar David Friedrich: Moonlight over the Sea
Caspar David Friedrich: Moonrise over the Sea (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)

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A True Collaboration Between Tasmin Little and Piers Lane

16/08/202011/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Schubert & Brahms: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.1.2019. (CS)

Tasmin Little Photo: B. Ealovega
Tasmin Little
Photo: B. Ealovega

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Baroque at its Boldest from Elicia Silverstein

02/02/201906/01/2019 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Baroque at the Edge [II]: Elicia Silverstein (violin), St James Clerkenwell, London, 5.1.2019. (CS)

Elicia Silverstein (c) Axel Bernstorff
Elicia Silverstein (c) Axel Bernstorff

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Augustin Hadelich and Charles Owen Offer a Masterclass in Responsive Performing and Listening

23/12/201811/12/2018 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brahms, Ysaÿe, Adams: Augustin Hadelich (violin), Charles Owen (piano), Wigmore Hall, London, 10.12.2018. (CS)

Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich

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