Peter Quantrill
Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to The Strad.
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Ruth Killius, Thomas Zehetmair: Casken, Bartók, Beethoven
Intensity aplenty from a husband-and-wife team
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Concert review: Jennifer Pike (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Clemens Schuldt
Peter Quantrill hears the performance of Vaughan Williams, Strauss and Deborah Pritchard at London’s Barbican Hall on 9 December 2022
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Clarissa Bevilacqua: Augusta Read Thomas
Variety aplenty in this snapshot of a distinguished American composer
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Concert review: Emerson Quartet
Peter Quantrill attends the quartet’s final London concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 8 November 2022
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Concert review: Daniel Pioro (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze
Peter Quantrill visits London’s Royal Festival Hall for the performance of Tom Coult, and Vaughan Williams on 24 October 2022
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Concert review: Brodsky Quartet - Shostakovich
Peter Quantrill hears the group’s full Shostakovich cycle at London’s Kings Place on 29 and 30 October 2022
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Vilde Frang; Beethoven, Stravinsky
Classical and Neoclassical masterpieces enthrall in readings of great immediacy
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BBC Proms review 2022: Lawrence Power, Maria Włoszczowska, Jennifer Koh, Pekka Kuusisto, Tabea Zimmermann, Nicola Benedetti
Peter Quantrill hears some of the more recent additions to the string repertoire at this year’s BBC Proms season
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Barokksolistene/Bjarte Eike: The Playhouse Sessions
Rip-roaring music making effortlessly melds ancient and modern
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Concert review: Veronika Eberle (violin) London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Peter Quantrill hears the performance of Beethoven and Widmann at LSO St Luke’s, London, on 12 March 2022
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Dejana Sekulić: Temporality of the Impossible
Plenty to absorb in this daringly exploratory album
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Jennifer Kloetzel: Beethoven the Conquering Hero
Plenty of gruff rhetoric and a fine, warm-toned period piano
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Ragazze Quartet: Bartók Bound Vol.2
Unerring instincts pay dividends in the continuation of a Dutch Bartók cycle