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Worcestershire

Unfashionable Simpson Appeals to Open Minds

11/03/201404/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mozart, Simpson, Beethoven: Tippett String Quartet [John Mills (violin), Jeremy Isaac (violin), Daisy Spiers (viola), Bozidar Vukotic (cello)], Bromsgrove Concerts, The Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 28.2.2014 (PH)

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Musicians from Russia and France Champion British Composers at Bromsgrove

28/10/201323/10/2013 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Walton, Shostakovich, Elgar: Atrium Quartet, Nicolas Stavy (piano), Bromsgrove Concerts 50th Anniversary, The Artrix, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 18.10.2013.

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