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Articles from 1st Sep 2011
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Review: Presteigne Festival, at St Andrew's Church, Presteigne
Sep 01 2011 | Music
There was a strong Lithuanian thread running through last weekend’s Presteigne Festival, and it was fascinating to have the opportunity of checking out what’s happening in terms of musical composition on the edge of the Baltic Sea. Read
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Review: Choir of Royal Holloway, at Church of St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine
Sep 01 2011 | Music
As an example of choral singing at its most elegantly fashioned, the Choir of Royal Holloway’s fourth and final appearance at the Presteigne Festival offered an interesting (though not all that intriguing) hour of mostly sacred contemporary music. Read
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Review: Birmingham Festival Orchestra, at CBSO Centre
Sep 01 2011 | Music
It is one thing to get together with friends to play occasional chamber music, but it is an entirely different scenario to found a symphony orchestra of over 70 keen players drawn from 11 colleges, universities and fine student orchestras. But trumpet student and conductor, 20-year-old Jamie Phillips has done just that. Read
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Review: Roderick Williams, at Tardebigge Parish Church
Sep 01 2011 | Music
You would have thought Tardebigge’s Celebrating English Song series had already had its fair share of problems for this year when the piano failed to arrive for the opening concert. Read
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Your guide to the highlights of Moseley Folk Festival
Sep 01 2011 | Music
Andrew Cowen and Dave Freak preview a cultural highlight on the Birmingham arts calendar – The Moseley Folk Festival. Read
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Jazz Diary: Marius Neset brings Scandanavian sax to Coventry
Sep 01 2011 | Music
The big gig this week involves a journey to a new venue and the chance to hear one of the most exciting new players on the international scene. Read
