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Thursday, 17 September 2020

On-line fundraiser for Conway Hall: Jubilee Quartet in Haydn, Schubert and Beethoven

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The Jubilee Quartet Like many venues, Conway Hall is short of money having had to cancel its live programme. The Sunday concerts series is t...
Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Back in business: St John's Smith Square announces a season of live concerts and digital events

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St John's Smith Square Having successfully piloted concerts with live audiences in July, St John's Smith Square has announced a seas...

Of clocks, time and the hive mind: Martin Bussey's 'Timeless Figure' and 'We Sing/I Sang' at Tête à Tête

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We Sing/I Sang - Hannah Gardiner, Leo Doulton, CN Lester - Tête à Tête 2020 (Photo Claire Shovelton) We Sing/I Sang , Martin Bussey Ti...

The Heath Quartet at Wigmore Hall: late Bach and middle-period Beethoven

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The Heath Quartet (Oliver Heath, Gary Pomeroy, Sara Wolstenholme, Christopher Murray) Bach The Art of Fugue , Beethoven String Quartet ...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Sinfonia Cymru looks forward to returning to live performance to celebrate 25 years

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Sinfonia Cymru will be 25 next year, and the Welsh chamber orchestra is going to be celebrating. Its on-line presence continues with two se...

Orchestral showcase: Simon Rattle conducts Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen on LSO Live

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Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen ; Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle; LSO Live Reviewed by Robert Hu...

Bringing you closer to the music and the musicians: new festival at Clerkenwell’s Fidelio Orchestra Café - Up Close and Musical

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Clerkenwell’s Fidelio Orchestra Café has been hosting live, socially distanced concerts since July and in November the café will host Up Cl...
Monday, 14 September 2020

Connecting Voices: Opera North and Leeds Playhouse join forces for a season of live performance

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Samuel Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape - Niall Buggy (Photo Robert Workman) Opera North is joining forces with Leeds Playhouse to stage six l...

A Life On-Line: BBC Proms in Cardiff, Igor Levit's live Encounter, chamber music at Hatfield, Simone Kermes on Dreamstage

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Tim Mead and La Nuova Musica (taken from videostream ) Whilst this week has been notable for live performances in peron, there has been plen...
Sunday, 13 September 2020

A one-man Paradise Lost and an uproarious contemporary operetta: Tête à Tête brings live opera back to the Cockpit

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Geoff Page: Paradise Lost - Lawrence Zazzo - Tête à Tête 2020 (Photo Claire Shovelton) Geoff Page Paradise Lost , Darren Berry The Croc...
Saturday, 12 September 2020

The Telling's #HomeTour: soprano & playwright Clare Norburn on the challenges & rewards of creating on-line content & writing new plays

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Clare Norburn: Vision - The Telling & the Celestial Sirens at BREMF (Photo Robert Piwko) The early music group The Telling has always be...
Friday, 11 September 2020

Happy Birthday to Arvo Pärt: saxophonist Amy Dickson celebrates with new recording of 'Spiegel im Spiegel'

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Today is Arvo Pärt's 85th birthday. I am sure that there will be myriad tributes. This video, released today, is saxophonist Amy Dickso...

Late Haydn and Brahms on an Autumn evening in the park: Anthony Friend and the Solem Quartet at Battersea Park bandstand

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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet - Solem Quartet, Anthony Friend Bandstand Chamber Festival at Battersea Park (Photo William Marsey) Haydn Quarte...
Thursday, 10 September 2020

London Mozart Players' Classical Club

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London Mozart Players (LMP) is presenting an Autumn season of concerts which will have a limited, socially distanced audience and be availab...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Less is more: Andrew Hamilton's 'Joy'

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Andrew Hamilton Joy ; Andrew Hamilton; Ergodos Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 9 September 2020 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) The contempor...
Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Still time to join up for the Benedetti Foundation & Kaleidescope Chamber Collective's Chamber Music Weekend

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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective at Wigmore Hall Photo taken from Live Stream Nicola Benedetti's Benedetti Foundation continues its remar...

Fizzing with energy: Beethoven's Seventh Symphony performed from memory outside at Kings Cross by Aurora Orchestra

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Aurora Orchestra under the West Handyside Canopy at Kings Cross Beethoven Symphony No. 7 ; Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon; West Handy...

Through late 18th-century ears: Lully's Armide in a radical adaptation from 1778

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Lully/Francoeur Armide ; Véronique Gens, Reinoud van Mechelen, Tassis Christoyannis, Le concert spirituel, Hervé Niquet; Alpha Classics ...

Hannah Kendall is next composer in residence for London Oriana Choir's five15

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The London Oriana Choir's five15 project is now reaching its final straits. Created to commission 15 new works from five emerging wome...
Monday, 7 September 2020

American Dreams: Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC NOW in a Prom full of firsts

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Ryan Bancroft Tomorrow night's BBC Prom (8 September 2020), American Dreams , features American conductor Ryan Bancroft conducting the B...