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Festival review: Rosendal Festival
Harriet Smith finds that rain certainly didn’t stop play at Leif Ove Andsnes’s inspiring annual Norwegian gathering from 7–11 August 2024
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Concert review: Ava Bahari (violin) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Andrew Mellor attends the performance of at Malmö Live Concert Hall in Sweden on 13 September 2024
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Concert review: New York Philharmonic Ensembles
Leah Hollingsworth visits New York’s Merkin Concert Hall for the peformance of on 29 September 2024
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Concert review: María Dueñas (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bruce Hodges attends the performance of Bruch, Terence Blanchard and Tchaikovsky at Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 26 September 2024
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Concert review: Leila Josefowicz (violin) John Novacek (piano
Charlotte Gardner attends the performance of Debussy and Szymanowski at London’s Wigmore Hall on 21 September 2024
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Concert review: Lawrence Power (viola, violin) Thomas Adès (piano) Paul Stoneman (percussion) Jonathan Goddard (dancer)
Tim Homfray visits London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 27 September 2024 for the performance of Adès, Purcell, Britten, Berio and Stravinsky
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Concert review: Škampa Quartet
Tim Homfray hears the performance of Mozart and Brahms at London’s Wigmore Hall on 29 September 2024
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Concert review: Ethel; Allison Loggins-Hull (flute)
Leah Hollingsworth witnesses the recital of works by Sam Wu, Migiwa ‘Miggy’ Miyajima, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Xavier Muzik and Allison Loggins-Hull at Merkin Concert Hall on 24 September 2024
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Book review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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Book review: Expressive Violin Technique: How to Teach and Acquire It
Celia Cobb explores Bruce Douglas Berg’s method to help intermediate to advanced players and teachers ‘combine expression with technique’
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Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis: Mendelssohn
Darkness and drama aplenty from three master musicians
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Lucile Boulanger: La Messagère
Old and new make for compelling disc-mates on an enterprising album
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Nordic Quartet, The Firebirds: Adaptations
A fascinating concept album, though the results are variable
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Bennewitz Quartet: An Evening in Vienna 1784
A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme