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Claire Seymour

The English Chamber Orchestra’s Stylish Sunday Concert

07/06/201502/06/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Verdi, Mozart, Pärt and Haydn: Ana de la Vega (flute), English Chamber Orchestra/Gianluca Marciano (conductor), King’s Place London, 31.5.2015 (CS)

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Refinement, Poise and Eloquence in James Ehnes’ Wigmore Hall Recital

07/06/201529/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Respighi, Szymanowski and Elgar: James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 26.5.2015 (CS)

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The Imaginative Richness of Christian Tetzlaff’s Beethoven: Exciting and Memorable

31/05/201526/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven and Brahms: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Sally Matthews (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), , London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding (conductor), Barbican Hall, London, 24.5.2015 (CS)

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An Eclectic Evening with the Russian Virtuosi of Europe

11/05/201506/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Strauss, Cuéllar, Zhislin, Shostakovich: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Maria Meerovitch (piano), Richard Burrell (guitar), Yuri Zhislin (violin), Russian Virtuosi of Europe/ Yuri Zhislin (director), King’s Place London, 3.5.2015 (CS)

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Schubert and His Circle Vividly and Perceptively Imagined by Iain Burnside

11/05/201506/05/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Iain Burnside: Why does the Queen die?, Milton Court Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 3.5.2015 (CS)

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Stephen Hough Fuses Virtuosity and Expressive Beauty

04/05/201530/04/2015 by Claire Seymour

Debussy and Chopin: Stephen Hough (piano), Royal Festival Hall London, 28.4.2015 (CS)

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A Magnificent and Varied Skryabin Centenary Recital from Garrick Ohlsson

02/05/201528/04/2015 by Claire Seymour

 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Skryabin: Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Wigmore Hall London, 27.4.2015 (CS)

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Omer Meir Wellber ‘s Auspicious London Concert Debut as Augustin Hadelich Dazzles in Lalo

30/04/201519/04/2015 by Claire Seymour

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Debussy, Lalo, Brahms: Augustin Hadelich (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 17.4.2015 (CS)

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