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The sword of Damocles

I missed most of the Bath Festival this year, but caught towards the end the Belcea Quartet’s Beethoven programme at the Assembly Rooms. After hearing an efficient performance of the fifth of the ‘Haydn’ quartets, I managed to track down … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2010: two chamber music concerts

There was the usual attractive programme for the 2010 Bath Mozartfest, and between us we went to three concerts. First up was the Belcea Quartet with Julian Rachlin on viola, for which we bought what must have been the last … Continue reading

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Leif Segerstam conducts

On the second Saturday morning of the Mozartfest I heard the Belcea Quartet perform Haydn (op. 77 no.1), Ravel’s quartet and Mozart’s clarinet quartet. The highlight of this was the wonderful stillness of some of the quiet passages in the … Continue reading

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