Category: Review
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Abel Selaocoe, Manchester Collective and Chesaba in Sirocco at Ryedale Festival 2021
Quite how percussionist Sidiki Dembele finishes a gig without bleeding hands is beyond my comprehension.
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Jess Gillam at Ryedale Festival 2021
Jess Gillam and her team of ‘kind characters and generous people’ perform excerpts from her second album Time plus John Harle’s ‘Flare’.
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Abel Selaocoe with Benjamin Powell at Ryedale Festival 2021
An astounding musician telling remarkable stories. If you have a chance to see him play live, you must.
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Piano Duo Tessa Uys and Ben Schoeman’s SOMM recording of Beethoven Symphony No.3 transcription
SOMM Recordings have released the first volume of Beethoven Symphonies transcribed for piano duet and they are a fascinating listen.
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Echo Vocal Ensemble’s ‘Already Gone’ tour at King’s Place
Unexpected discoveries plus two highly descriptive new works by Rory Wainwright Johnston and Lillie Harris.
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Nicola Benedetti plays Baroque at Battersea Arts Centre
A concert format that works, introduced by a practitioner who knows her game and wants others to love it. CDs in the foyer folks.
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Up close and musical at Fidelio Orchestra Cafe
Up Close and Musical runs until 15 August at the Fidelio Orchestra Cafe in Clerkenwell, London
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Verbier Festival opens with Shostakovich’s Concerto for Piano and Trumpet and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony
Intimate revealing visuals, a rich sound mix and some utterly brilliant musicians. A must-watch.
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Composer Charles Armirkhanian on the Spitalfields Festival Podcast
Armirkhanian’s Spitalfields Festival premiere ‘Ratchet Attach It’, plus dropping acid.
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Classical Mixtape at Cheltenham Music Festival
A gently curated event that deployed voices and instruments sympathetically.