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Perfectly poised pizzicato: Louise McMonagle performs ‘Salat Babilya’ for solo cello

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The work by Zoë Martlew draws influences from a modern lullaby from Iraq and the Middle Eastern oud

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    Perfectly poised pizzicato: Louise McMonagle performs ‘Salat Babilya’ for solo cello

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    Yevgeny Kutik performs Dvořák’s ‘Going Home’ for solo violin

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    ‘More powerful and relevant than ever’ - violinist Charles Yang performs a moving encore

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    ‘No Escape’: violinist Christine Bernsted performs music by Lera Auerbach

    The work features on the Danish violinist’s new album Speak, Memory, out on 24 January 2025

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    Gabriel Schwabe and Nicholas Rimmer perform Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.5

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    Verdi’s La Forza del Destino for double bass and piano

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