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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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Londres

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

Por Andrew Morris, 20 de agosto de 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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Prom 51: A rare visit to the world of Per Nørgård

Por Andrew Morris

Londres

Prom 32: Inside Shostakovich’s Ninth with Aurora Orchestra

Por Andrew Morris, 6 de agosto de 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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Prom 32: Inside Shostakovich’s Ninth with Aurora Orchestra

Por Andrew Morris

Londres

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

Por Andrew Morris, 23 de julio de 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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Prom 12: Karina Canellakis and the BBCSO bring energy and bite

Por Andrew Morris

Bristol

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

Por Andrew Morris, 16 de noviembre de 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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Unfamiliar Russians break the routine

Por Andrew Morris

Basingstoke

Gardner brings Elgar vividly to life in Basingstoke

Por Andrew Morris, 4 de noviembre de 2017

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

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Gardner brings Elgar vividly to life in Basingstoke

Por Andrew Morris

Alfred Schnittke © Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Out of Time: The Music of Alfred Schnittke

Por Andrew Morris, 30 de septiembre de 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 sept 2017

Out of Time: The Music of Alfred Schnittke

Por Andrew Morris

Londres

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

Por Andrew Morris, 31 de agosto de 2017

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

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Bychkov and the BBCSO revive some rare Russians

Por Andrew Morris

Londres

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

Por Andrew Morris, 18 de julio de 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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Benedetti's extraordinary Shostakovich at the Proms

Por Andrew Morris

Londres

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

Por Andrew Morris, 17 de julio de 2017

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

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Brilliantly played 20th-century classics at the Proms

Por Andrew Morris

Birmingham

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

Por Andrew Morris, 5 de julio de 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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Levit explores interior worlds of Shostakovich

Por Andrew Morris

Cardiff