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Andrew Morris

Andrew is a writer and teacher whose work has appeared in The Strad and International Record Review. He is particularly interested in Russian music and the violin. He also writes about music at his blog Devil's Trill and can also be found on Twitter at @devilstrillblog.

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London

Prom 51: A rare visit to the world of Per Nørgård

By Andrew Morris, 20 August 2018

The BBC Scottish Symphony and Thomas Dausgaard unite Wagner, Strauss and a 43-year-old symphony from a modern Danish master.

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London

21 Aug 2018

Prom 51: A rare visit to the world of Per Nørgård

By Andrew Morris

London

Prom 32: Inside Shostakovich’s Ninth with Aurora Orchestra

By Andrew Morris, 06 August 2018

A remarkable feat of memorisation – a whole orchestra and no music! – made for an illuminating and exciting introduction to the Soviet composer's “victory” symphony.

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London

08 Aug 2018

Prom 32: Inside Shostakovich’s Ninth with Aurora Orchestra

By Andrew Morris

London

Prom 12: Karina Canellakis and the BBCSO bring energy and bite

By Andrew Morris, 23 July 2018

A disparate set of pieces are connected to an intriguing theme in mostly successful performances, including Shostakovich from cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

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London

25 Jul 2018

Prom 12: Karina Canellakis and the BBCSO bring energy and bite

By Andrew Morris

Bristol

Unfamiliar Russians break the routine with Karabits and the Bournemouth SO in Bristol

By Andrew Morris, 16 November 2017

Kirill Karabits leads the BSO in music by Glazunov and Tchaikovsky, which prove more appealing that David Fray's Beethoven.

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Bristol

18 Nov 2017

Unfamiliar Russians break the routine

By Andrew Morris

Basingstoke

Gardner brings Elgar vividly to life in Basingstoke

By Andrew Morris, 04 November 2017

New and old rubbed shoulders in this thrilling Philharmonia Orchestra concert of Elgar and Joseph Phibbs.

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Basingstoke

05 Nov 2017

Gardner brings Elgar vividly to life in Basingstoke

By Andrew Morris

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Out of Time: The Music of Alfred Schnittke

By Andrew Morris, 30 September 2017

Widely regarded as the greatest composer of the generation after Shostakovich, Alfred Schnittke's music plays with time, style, and the biggest questions of all.

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30 Sep 2017

Out of Time: The Music of Alfred Schnittke

By Andrew Morris

London

Prom 63: Gerstein, Bychkov and the BBCSO revive some rare Russians

By Andrew Morris, 31 August 2017

Lesser known works by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky rubbed shoulders with a real rarity from Taneyev.

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London

01 Sep 2017

Bychkov and the BBCSO revive some rare Russians

By Andrew Morris

London

Prom 6: RAH resounds with Nicola Benedetti's extraordinary Shostakovich

By Andrew Morris, 18 July 2017

Some rare and some great Shostakovich meet in concert while the BBC National Orchestra of Wales make an engrossing case for Sibelius' great Second Symphony.

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London

19 Jul 2017

Benedetti's extraordinary Shostakovich at the Proms

By Andrew Morris

London

Prom 5: Brilliantly played 20th-century classics from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

By Andrew Morris, 17 July 2017

Vivid playing thrills at the Proms, but fell short of engrossing storytelling.

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London

18 Jul 2017

Brilliantly played 20th-century classics at the Proms

By Andrew Morris

Birmingham

Igor Levit explores the interior worlds of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues

By Andrew Morris, 05 July 2017

Shostakovich's mighty piano cycle is given a delicate and intense performance - truly an expidition into some of the most personal of the composer's music.

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Birmingham

06 Jul 2017

Levit explores interior worlds of Shostakovich

By Andrew Morris

Cardiff