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A long day at the Proms

Saturday August 17th was a marathon as there were two Proms to go to. We arrived earlier than we needed to and found ourselves near the head of the queue, which put us among some of the hard-core queuers. This … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2008

We liked the programme for this year’s Mozartfest and got to four concerts. The Nash Ensemble just brought their string players this time. I enjoyed the Mozart (G minor string quintet) and Strauss (prelude to Capriccio) in the first half, … Continue reading

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Mozartfest 2006

This came and went last week. I imagine it was financially a great success because many of the concerts sold out. In fact the piano recital by Alfred Brendel sold out as soon as postal booking opened, if not before … Continue reading

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