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Claire Seymour

The Aurora Orchestra not Deflected by Changes of Soloists

18/02/201411/02/2014 by Stan
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Britten, Mahler and Shostakovich: Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Nicolas Fleury (horn), Aurora Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Wigmore Hall, London, 9.2.2014 (CS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Claire Seymour, London

Philharmonia Bring Classical Grace and Romantic Charm to Canterbury

18/02/201410/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms: Juho Pohlonen (piano), Philharmonia, Nicholas Collon (conductor), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, 7.2.2014. (CS)

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Categories Concert Reviews, Previously Published, UK Concerts Tags Canterbury, Claire Seymour
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