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ASMF Chamber Ensemble review – Perahia makes welcome return to celebrate Marriner’s centenary

The Guardian 18 Apr 2024

... of the tiniest detail – to provide reminders of why Perahia is regarded as one of the finest players of his generation, and to encourage the hope that he might soon be back playing more regularly.

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Wigmore Hall launches £10m fund in bid to be self-sustaining

The Guardian 28 Mar 2024

... for classical music’ London classical music venue Wigmore Hall has announced a £10m fund with the aim to be self-sustaining without need for public funds.

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Nash Ensemble: A Birtwistle Celebration review – an intense and poetic tribute

The Guardian 27 Mar 2024

Wigmore Hall, London The Nash and BBC Singers selected poignant vocal and instrumental works in memory of the late composer, as well as the premiere of a new Simon Holt work honouring sculptor Richard ...

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The week in classical: Our Mother; Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Madama Butterfly – review

The Guardian 23 Mar 2024

Composers have found inspiration in the medieval text Stabat Mater; some 250 settings exist, more than two dozen from the past decade alone (all listed by stabatmater.info , which reasonably calls itself “the ultimate Stabat Mater website”).

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Nash Ensemble: Terezín-Theresienstadt review – incredibly moving survey of composers lost to the Holocaust

The Guardian 10 Mar 2024

Wigmore Hall, London Works by Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann, Pavel Haas and Gideon Klein were wonderfully performed, while Konstantin Krimmel gave a heart-rending account of of songs written in the ...

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Commentator decries unfair practice befuddling bowlers

Stuff 08 Feb 2024

Known as the voice of Indian cricket, Harsha Bhogle has spoken out on the rise of switch-hitting by batters, calling for changes to be made ....

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Betts-Dean/Armida Quartet review – drama and charisma as Brett Dean, and daughter, turn to Mary ...

The Guardian 23 Jan 2024

Wigmore Hall, London Matthew Jocelyn and Brett Dean’s 2021 song cycle based on the Scottish Queen’s letters was perfectly partnered with Dean’s new arrangement of Schumann, and Janáček’s second string ...

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Igor Levit review – this was a recital where everything was just right

The Guardian 21 Jan 2024

Wigmore Hall, London In a supremely poetic and impressive performance Levit perfectly conveyed the searching spirit of Brahms’s late-life piano works It is a ...

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The week in classical: Oxford Bach Soloists: Christmas Oratorio; Chloë Hanslip, Danny Driver – review

The Guardian 13 Jan 2024

why is this thrilling ensemble not more widely known? In its quest to perform all of JS Bach’s vocal music over 12 years it has already presented 129 of the 200-plus sacred and secular cantatas.

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Anna Prohaska/Phantasm review – her tone is a mixture of silk and silver

The Guardian 11 Jan 2024

At the Wigmore Hall, her way with music from the English and Italian Renaissance was characterised by impeccable assurance and deep sincerity, her tone a mixture of silk and silver, the words etched with admirable restraint.

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Gin Wigmore: Kiwi Singer Back For Harvest Moon In Napier

NewstalkZB 28 Dec 2023

Gin Wigmore, Kiwi indie singer songwriter, will be back in the country ...

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The week in classical: Hansel and Gretel; London Handel Players; La Nativité du Seigneur – review

The Guardian 23 Dec 2023

Royal Opera House; Wigmore Hall; St John’s Smith Square, London ... Some crank up the ghoulish and sinister elements – more fun for grownups – only to find the work topples under the weight of expectation.

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West Indies vs England live: Score and latest updates from the third ODI

The Daily Telegraph 09 Dec 2023

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Solomon’s Knot at Wigmore Hall review: a first-rate performance from the Baroque collective? Knot half

London Evening Standard 08 Dec 2023

Performed from memory, the excellent collective brought precision, skill and spontaneity to this programme of Bach's works ... .

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England vs West Indies, ODI and T20 tour: Full schedule and fixtures

The Daily Telegraph 01 Dec 2023

It will be the first time England have played the West Indies in ODIs in more than four years and they will be hoping for a better showing than was produced during a ‘difficult’ time in India.When is it?.