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Peter Quantrill

Peter Quantrill is a regular contributor to The Strad.

Review
Live-streamed concert review: Mairéad Hickey (violin) Stephen Waarts (violin) Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) Ivan Karizna (cello) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach
2021-04-27T20:47:00
Peter Quantrill gives his views on the performance at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt, Germany, on 4 February 2021
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Janusz Wawrowski: Różycki, Tchaikovsky
2021-04-27T20:45:00
Rare Polish Romantic concerto performed with a Hollywood smile
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Concert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Hunt (clarinet) Elena Urioste (violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Tom Poster (piano)
2021-03-23T21:04:00
Peter Quantrill hears a live stream from Wigmore Hall, London, on 11 January 2021
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Lena Neudauer: Rosetti
2021-03-23T21:02:00
Graceful performances of concertos from a Czech contemporary of Mozart
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Andrzej Bauer: Schumann, Lutosławski, Tchaikovsky
2021-03-23T21:02:00
Cellist provides an original and spirited voice in three impressive performances
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Concert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
2021-03-03T15:11:00
Peter Quantrill hears the performance by Matthew Hunt (Clarinet) Elena Urioste (Violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Cello) and Tom Poster (Piano) from London’s Wigmore Hall on 11 January 2021
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Lysander Piano Trio: Mirrors: 21st-Century American Piano Trios
2021-02-24T12:40:50.613
Musical adventures from a New York piano trio that yield evocative moments
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Matthew Jones, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Tim Lowe: Walton
2021-02-24T12:40:39.143
Unmissable album of confident works from the composer’s youth
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Concert review: Berlin Philharmonic Quartets
2021-02-08T15:13:00
Peter Quantrill hears a series of live-streamed concerts from the Berlin Philharmonie on 14 December
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Concert reviews: Brodsky Quartet, Albion Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2021-01-02T16:25:00
Peter Quantrill hears three concerts at different London venues at the start of November 2020
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Leon Bosch: The South African Double Bass
2021-01-02T16:13:00
New works commissioned by and for virtuoso double bassist
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Daniel Rowland, Maja Bogdanović: Vasks
2020-11-26T13:23:00
Violinist is a passionate advocate of Latvian composer’s modern classics
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Raphaëlle, David and Edgar Moreau: Dvořák, Korngold
2020-11-26T12:32:00
A gorgeous winter warmer of a family album
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Festival review: Ryedale Festival 2020
2020-09-25T10:41:00
Peter Quantrill watches some fine performances from the Ryedale Festival, held in the Yorkshire Dales from 19 to 26 July
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Friedemann Eichhorn: Say
2020-09-25T09:37:00
Turkish pianist-turned-composer shows his talent in writing for the violin
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Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin: Russian Colours
2020-07-23T14:03:00
A revelatory viola arrangement of a saxophone concerto
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Concert reviews: Stockholm and Hamburg
2020-06-26T16:29:00
Peter Quantrill reviews tow live-streamed concerts, with links in the review
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Maxim Rysanov: Vasks
2020-06-26T15:39:00
A notable contemporary viola concerto from an acclaimed Latvian composer
Focus
Forecasting the future: Postcard from Sochi
2020-06-16T15:55:00
The 13th Winter International Arts Festival in February presented no fewer than seven world premieres, a Beethoven sonata marathon and a double bass extravaganza, writes Peter Quantrill, who met artistic director Yuri Bashmet
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Ivan Pochekin: Shostakovich
2020-05-29T10:28:00
Violinist holds his own in a competitive field of Shostakovich concertos

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