
Andrew Clements
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Cardi B pushes into Beyoncé’s turf and Sleaford Mods tot up the cost of Covid, while UK orchestras head back to the concert hall – our critics look ahead to big music moments
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Period group Les Siècles, young composer Clara Ianotta and a new Peter Grimes from Edward Gardner and Stuart Skelton are among our highlights from a year in which the live music might have stopped but the recording industry continued undimmed
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The live audiences stopped but the music making didn’t, with some companies rising with imagination and verve to the challenges of 2020, with operas that were drive-in, animated, or simply brand new
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4 out of 5 stars.Fifty years after his classic recordings with Jacqueline du Pre, Barenboim joins with his violinist son and cellist Kian Soltani to bring nuance and thoughtfulness to these seven piano trios
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Despite lockdown and tier restrictions, there’s still plenty of new music-making across the UK available to an online audience. Here’s our pick of next week’s live-streamed and pre-recorded concerts
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Brand new music from well-known and less familiar composers included premieres from James Dillon and Riot Ensemble’s lockdown commissions
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Despite lockdown, there’s still plenty of new music-making across the UK available to an online audience. Here’s our pick of next week’s live-streamed and pre-recorded concerts
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4 out of 5 stars.
Koechlin: Les Chants de Nectaire, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Series review – perfectly formed flute miniatures
4 out of 5 stars.The French composer loved the flute and these short works are exquisite, be they playful, languorous or nostalgic
Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre review – evocations of New England
3 out of 5 stars.