Review: British Oboe Quintets (Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet)
A diverse program with minimal cowpat and plenty of pep.
Phillip Scott is a long-time reviewer for Limelight and US music journal Fanfare. He has written four novels and the scores of several children’s shows for Monkey Baa Theatre Company. He is best known for his work as performer, writer and Musical Director for The Wharf Revue.
A diverse program with minimal cowpat and plenty of pep.
A collector's box to beat them all, and not a conductor in sight.
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A good performance if low on imaginative invention.
Braunfels’ lighter side is displayed at its most charming.
The mysterious world of Busoni lovingly revealed.
The bassoon on display throughout the 20th century.
Walton’s orchestral wizardry rescued from obscurity.
An iconic work meets a fascinating, wayward cousin.
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Phillip Scott responds to our article Do Our Arts Reflect Us? and argues against looking at classical music programming through the prism of 21st-century ideas of diversity and gender equality.
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