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Guy Dammann

Streetwise Opera: The Answer to Everything - review

"Care to smarten up a bit?" Questions from the homeless in the environs of Waterloo station are hardly uncommon, but this one was. I was being asked if I'd like to borrow a tie by a member of the cast of Streetwise Opera's latest show, The Answer to Ever

London Chamber Orchestra/Warren-Green - review

Bach has been big in jazz for some time. The pianist David Gordon - who also pursues a successful career as a harpsichordist - knows the composer's music better than many of his jazz brethren, and his new composition, Inspired By Bach, received its pre

Tansy Davies - review

There are few composers prepared, minutes before the close of a concert devoted to their recent work, to give it some with an electric guitar. Tansy Davies , though, is one. Previously hidden behind a laptop on the St Luke's stage, she gingerly hoisted o

Huw Watkins Day - review

Some indication of Huw Watkins' standing as a composer and pianist, besides the Wigmore Hall devoting last weekend to exploring his work, is the roster of names recruited to do so: singers Mark Padmore and Carolyn Sampson, violinists Alina Ibragimova and

BBCSO/Litton - review

Barbican Hall, London It's always a treat to watch Andrew Litton conduct. One of the few who appears to have learned his craft in a boxing ring, his apparent ability to physically grab sound from his players, or otherwise punch it out of them, creates