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Sunday 19 May 2024
19/05/2024

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Review: Royal Northern Sinfonia with Isata Kanneh-Mason

Friday night’s Royal Northern Sinfonia concert with guest soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason was a spectacular evening of music. The eldest of the famous musical Kanneh-Mason siblings from Nottingham delighted the audience with a performance of Clara Wieck Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, a work included on Isata’s chart topping album Romance: The Piano Music of …

Orchestral manoeuvres in the North

Anton Bruckner’s music has never been used to advertise after shave or motor oil or even soap. Nor has it appeared in the opening credits of a weepy movie or sci-fi spectacular. Maybe that’s the real reason for its intimidating reputation with concertgoers.  The late 19th Century Austrian composer wrote nine symphonies each clocking up …

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