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Bruxelles

23 nov. 2019

James MacMillan à Koekelberg : Sept Anges et une infinité de miracles

Par Valentin Gautron

Bruxelles

La ferveur de Stéphane Denève enflamme Flagey

Par Valentin Gautron, 06 septembre 2019

Stéphane Denève ouvre sa cinquième saison en tant que directeur musical du Brussels Philharmonic avec une exceptionnelle Symphonie n° 5 de Mahler.

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Bruxelles

08 sept. 2019

La ferveur de Stéphane Denève enflamme Flagey

Par Valentin Gautron

Vladimir Jurowski © London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski leads the LPO in rarely played works

Par Edward Sava-Segal, 30 décembre 2020

Featuring the clear-voiced and assured soprano Mary Bevan, Bliss’ Rout seemed less dated than others in this performance.

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Londres

02 janv. 2021

Vladimir Jurowski leads the LPO in rarely played works

Par Edward Sava-Segal

Gothenburg

Peter Mattei's moving Mahler in Gothenburg SO's digital season opener

Par Timothy Robson, 10 septembre 2020

Baritone Peter Mattei brought both musical sensitivity as well as almost Berg-ian drama to Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, ably supported by Manfred Honeck and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, in a successful livestream concert.

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Gothenburg

10 sept. 2020

Peter Mattei's moving Mahler in Gothenburg season opener

Par Timothy Robson

Matthew Halls © Jon Christopher Meyers | Oregon Bach Festival

Kansas City

Musical cosmologies in Kansas City

Par Hilary Stroh, 28 février 2020

Visiting conductor Matthew Halls in a programme of Haydn, MacMillan and Beethoven.

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Kansas City

01 mars 2020

Musical cosmologies in Kansas City

Par Hilary Stroh

Durham

An Enduring Voice: The Sixteen's 40th anniversary choral pilgrimage reaches Durham

Par Jane Shuttleworth, 25 octobre 2019

The Sixteen's 40th anniversary choral pilgrimage mixes Tudor music from the treasure trove of the Eton Choirbook with music that hadn't been written when the group were founded, including a striking new work by James MacMillan.

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Durham

26 oct. 2019

An Enduring Voice: The Sixteen's 40th anniversary choral pilgrimage

Par Jane Shuttleworth

Catherine wheels of fire and energy from Aurora Orchestra and Collon

Par Alexander Hall, 28 septembre 2019

Nicholas Collon decides that Mendelssohn is really a very revolutionary composer, while Amy Dickson's saxophone and Ronald Brautigam in Mozart provide vibrant contrasts.

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Londres

29 sept. 2019

Catherine wheels of fire and energy from Aurora Orchestra and Collon

Par Alexander Hall

Harry Christophers conducts The Sixteen and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra © Ryan Buchanan

World premiere of James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony at the Edinburgh International Festival

Par David Smythe, 17 août 2019

A happy occasion as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen and Genesis Sixteen with Harry Christophers conducting in the world premiere of James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony at the Edinburgh International Festival.

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Edimbourg

19 août 2019

World premiere of James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony at the EIF

Par David Smythe

Calum Robertson, Anna Michels and Sally Carr © Lana Woolford

Quirky contemporary Scottish compositions at Edinburgh Fringe

Par David Smythe, 13 août 2019

Calum Robertson’s clarinet, Anna Michels piano and Sally Carr’s soprano capture the charm of contemporary Scottish compositions, and introduce Lori Laitman’s soulful new work.

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Edimbourg

14 août 2019

Quirky contemporary Scottish compositions at Edinburgh Fringe

Par David Smythe

Thomas Dausgaard © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Prom 19: From dawn to death with Thomas Dausgaard and the BBCSSO

Par Leighton Jones, 02 août 2019

Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra fills the Royal Albert Hall, while Schumann’s piano concerto is followed by MacMillan’s masterpiece The Confession of Isobel Gowdie.

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Londres

04 août 2019

Prom 19: From dawn to death with Thomas Dausgaard and the BBCSSO

Par Leighton Jones

MacMillans Ave Maria klingt im Amsterdamer Concertgebouw wie im Paradies

Par Michael Klier, 06 juillet 2019

Der Niederländische Rundfunkchor gibt der Musik einen spielerisch-lebendigen Charakter und beeindruckt mit klarer Diktion und feinem Klang.

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Amsterdam

08 juil. 2019

MacMillans Ave Maria klingt in Amsterdam wie im Paradies

Par Michael Klier

Cleveland

Vivid colors and ecstatic highs mark Denève’s Cleveland Orchestra program

Par Sam Jacobson, 25 avril 2019

An orchestral program on the theme of ecstasy, religious and profane, included a piano concerto by James MacMillan along with works by Jennifer Higdon, Debussy, and Scriabin.

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Cleveland

29 avril 2019

Ecstatic highs mark Denève’s Cleveland Orchestra program

Par Sam Jacobson

Watch Symphonic dances with the Rotterdam Phil and Lahav Shani

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Riga

Exceptional technique brings fervency and passion: the Latvian Radio Choir's Divine quiet

Par David Karlin, 15 mars 2019

The Latvian Radio Choir's 24 singers display exceptional virtuosity in the service of a varied programme of contemporary spiritual works.

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Riga

16 mars 2019

Technique, fervency and passion: the Latvian Radio Choir

Par David Karlin

Sydney

The Sixteen bring British vocal music to Australia

Par Zoltán Szabó, 09 mars 2019

The Sixteen enchant the audience in Sydney with an intelligently-created programme of British composers.

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Sydney

11 mars 2019

The Sixteen bring British vocal music to Australia

Par Zoltán Szabó

Sir James MacMillan’s 60th Astonishing Birthday Concert with SCO and Chorus.

Par David Smythe, 22 février 2019

Sir James MacMillan’s 60th Birthday Concert with SCO and Chorus rediscovers two major seminal works: the dramatic Veni, Veni, Emannuel with Colin Currie and the intense Seven Last Words from the Cross.

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Glasgow

24 févr. 2019

Sir James MacMillan’s 60th Astonishing Birthday Concert

Par David Smythe

MacMillan première outgunned by Shostakovich at the Barbican

Par David Truslove, 04 novembre 2018

It’s always a heart-warming sight to see so many young people at the Barbican as members of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain shared the stage with equal composure as the London Symphony Chorus and string players from the LSO.

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Londres

06 nov. 2018

MacMillan première outgunned by Shostakovich

Par David Truslove

Passionate Shostakovich from Noseda and the LSO

Par Young-Jin Hur, 01 novembre 2018

There were memorable moments, as Noseda continued his advocacy of Sir James MacMillan and Shostakovich symphony cycle. Yet Noseda’s maximalist approach had its costs, as it was only in the opening Kodály that found Noseda at his best.

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Londres

02 nov. 2018

Passionate Shostakovich from Noseda and the LSO

Par Young-Jin Hur

Rotterdam

Spritziger Bruckner und ein betörendes Bratschenkonzert von James MacMillan

Par Michael Klier, 19 octobre 2018

Lawrence Power erzählt in James MacMillans Bratschenkonzert mit vielfältig gefärbten Tönen tausendundeine Geschichten.

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Rotterdam

21 oct. 2018

Spritziger Bruckner und ein betörendes Bratschenkonzert

Par Michael Klier

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Zehn auf einen Streich: Eine Komponistensturzflut in Amsterdam

Par Michael Klier, 22 septembre 2018

Mit einem Werk, das Variationen auf Purcells Hail! Bright Cecilia von sieben Komponisten beinhaltet, bietet das Radio Filharmonisch Orkest ein abwechslungsreiches Programm.

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Amsterdam

24 sept. 2018

Zehn auf einen Streich: Eine Komponistensturzflut in Amsterdam

Par Michael Klier

Blandford Forum

Guardian Angel: Rachel Podger and VOCES8

Par Jane Shuttleworth, 03 août 2018

Angels abound as Rachel Podger joins with VOCES8 for a collaborative exploration built around music from her Guardian Angel album.

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Blandford Forum

04 août 2018

Guardian Angel: Rachel Podger and VOCES8

Par Jane Shuttleworth

Colin Currie, Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett and Sam Walton © BBC | Chris Christodoulou

Prom 3: An inflated Prom to celebrate BBC Young Musicians

Par Olivia Bell, 15 juillet 2018

With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

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Londres

17 juil. 2018

Prom 3: An inflated Prom to celebrate BBC Young Musicians

Par Olivia Bell

Sebastià Peris i Marco (Sam) and Turiya Haudenhuyse (Dinah) © Hans van den Bogaard

Trouble in Tahiti and Clemency make an intriguing Dutch National double bill

Par Nicolas Nguyen, 22 mars 2018

What is the link between Bernstein’s criticism of American consumerism and MacMillan's biblical tale?

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Amsterdam

24 mars 2018

An intriguing Dutch National double bill

Par Nicolas Nguyen

Gateshead

Macmillan’s St Luke Passion at Sage Gateshead disappoints

Par Jane Shuttleworth, 03 mars 2018

Royal Northern Sinfonia’s performance of Sir James Macmillan’s St Luke Passion had moments of high drama, but one crucial element of the piece was mostly missing.

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Gateshead

05 mars 2018

Macmillan’s St Luke Passion at Sage Gateshead disappoints

Par Jane Shuttleworth

Yannick Nézet-Séguin © Hans van der Woerd

Philadelphia

Scotch Beasts and other forms of Britishness in Philadelphia's Winter Festival

Par Hilary Stroh, 11 janvier 2018

The Philadelphia Orchestra's Winter Festival celebrates the British Isles.

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Philadelphia

12 janv. 2018

Scotch Beasts and other forms of Britishness in Philadelphia's Winter Festival

Par Hilary Stroh

Scottish Ensemble at St John's Kirk © Scottish Ensemble (2015)

Perth

Ancient and Modern: a beautiful Winter Chorale from The Scottish Ensemble and I Fagiolini

Par David Smythe, 09 décembre 2017

The Scottish Ensemble is joined by I Fagiolini in a Winter Chorale linking ancient and modern music for Advent and Christmas.

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Perth

11 déc. 2017

Ancient and Modern: a beautiful Winter Chorale

Par David Smythe

Bucharest

RNO and Andreescu impress with MacMillan and Tchaikovsky at Enescu Festival

Par Aksel Tollåli, 05 septembre 2017

Following some rhythmically challenged Ginastera, Horia Andreescu and the Russian National Orchestra impress with confidently played MacMillan and Tchaikovsky.

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Bucharest

08 sept. 2017

RNO and Andreescu impress at Enescu Festival

Par Aksel Tollåli

Xian Zhang at the podium © Chris Christodoulou

Prom 21: An underwhelming performance of MacMillan and Beethoven

Par Aaron Davies, 30 juillet 2017

An underwhelming performance that fell prey to poor interpretive judgements.

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Londres

01 août 2017

An underwhelming performance of MacMillan & Beethoven

Par Aaron Davies

Cello unwrapped: from Baroque'n'roll to contemporary at Kings Place

Par Marthe Lisson, 17 juin 2017

Leonard Elschenbroich joined with the 12 ensemble for an evening dedicated to the Suite italienne, a stroll through time though with a focus on contemporary composers.

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Londres

19 juin 2017

From Baroque'n'roll to contemporary at Kings Place

Par Marthe Lisson

A modern masterpiece: Scottish première of MacMillan’s Stabat Mater

Par David Smythe, 24 mars 2017

MacMillan’s Stabat Mater receives its Scottish première with The Sixteen and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Harry Christophers.

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Glasgow

27 mars 2017

A modern masterpiece: MacMillan’s Stabat Mater

Par David Smythe

Perth

Thoughtful, inspiring and noble: British music from the BBCSSO and Richard Farnes

Par David Smythe, 10 mars 2017

BBCSSO and Richard Farnes’s special chemistry in a night of British music. Thoughtful Butterworth and noble Elgar and Lawrence Power joined the forces for a wonderfully spirited performance of Macmillan’s Viola Concerto.

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Perth

12 mars 2017

British music from BBCSSO and Farnes

Par David Smythe

Ancient and Modern Christmas icons from the SCO Chorus in Edinburgh

Par David Smythe, 15 décembre 2016

Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with pieces by Tavener, MacMillan and Lauridsen contrast with Byrd and Dowland in a thoughtful and moving performance of Christmas musical icons from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus.

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Edimbourg

17 déc. 2016

Ancient and Modern Christmas icons

Par David Smythe

Birmingham

Staring into the void: bravery and beauty from Britten Sinfonia and Voices

Par Simon Cummings, 20 mars 2016

Britten Sinfonia and Voices directed by Eamonn Dougan courageously plumb the depths of humanity’s despair in music ancient and modern

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Birmingham

21 mars 2016

Bravery and beauty from Britten Sinfonia and Voices

Par Simon Cummings

Benedetti, MacMillan and Berlioz: a feast of treats from the RSNO

Par David Smythe, 18 mars 2016

The heady combination of the Scottish première of James MacMillan’s Little Mass, Nicola Benedetti playing Szymanowski 2 and the drama of Berlioz Symphonie fantistique was an evening to remember.

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Edimbourg

20 mars 2016

Benedetti, MacMillan and Berlioz: a feast of treats from the RSNO

Par David Smythe

Pembridge

Choir of Royal Holloway stir the emotions at the Presteigne Festival

Par David Truslove, 29 août 2015

Love and Passion provide a vibrant theme for an enterprising choral concert given by the Choir of Royal Holloway.

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Pembridge

31 août 2015

Choir of Royal Holloway stir the emotions

Par David Truslove

Prom 24: MacMillan's birthday gift for Runnicles shines next to fitful Mahler

Par Penny Homer, 03 août 2015

Première of MacMillan’s Fourth Symphony is the highlight of BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s second Proms outing.

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Londres

04 août 2015

MacMillan's birthday gift for Runnicles

Par Penny Homer

Sydney

Make-over for Allegri’s Miserere from The Sixteen in Sydney

Par David Larkin, 10 mars 2015

Is Allegri's Miserere really the most famous choral work of all time? Harry Christophers and the Sixteen offer a significantly altered version of this work, in a programme otherwise devoted to the religious music of Palestrina and Macmillan.

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Sydney

12 mars 2015

Make-over for Allegri’s Miserere in Sydney

Par David Larkin

Dublin

Delectable entertainment: The King's Singers charm Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin, 05 février 2015

Madrigals and Folksongs: the King's Singers entertain and delight in a progromme spanning 400 years with glorious singing.

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Dublin

07 févr. 2015

The King's Singers charm Dublin

Par Andrew Larkin

Scottish Opera's Inés de Castro: shocking and unmissable

Par David Smythe, 24 janvier 2015

James MacMillan has honed his first opera Inés de Castro into an unmissable evening: unspeakably gory but utterly thrilling.

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Glasgow

25 janv. 2015

Inés de Castro: shocking and unmissable

Par David Smythe

MacMillan’s Second Percussion Concerto a pale imitation of his First

Par Gavin Dixon, 11 décembre 2014

Colin Currie played with passion and verve, but James MacMillan's new Percussion Concerto was a disappointment.

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Londres

11 déc. 2014

MacMillan’s new Percussion Concerto: a pale imitation

Par Gavin Dixon

The Queen of Heaven: The Sixteen at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

Par Rosemary Carlton-Willis, 21 mai 2014

As part of the Muziekgebouw’s 2014 Choral Series, renowned chamber choir The Sixteen gave a passionate, committed performance of music by Palestrina, Allegri, and modern composer James MacMillan.

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Amsterdam

27 mai 2014

The Queen of Heaven: The Sixteen at the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

Par Rosemary Carlton-Willis

New York City

Faith, Death, and Mozart: the Pittsburgh Symphony at Spring For Music

Par David Allen, 10 mai 2014

Innovative programming from Manfred Honeck mingles readings, music, and chant in memory of Mozart.

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New York City

12 mai 2014

Faith, Death, and Mozart: the Pittsburgh Symphony at Spring For Music

Par David Allen

Edinburgh Quartet: Late Sessions

Par Alan Coady, 06 mai 2014

The Edinburgh Quartet conclude their excellent mini-series of Late Session concerts at Edinburgh's 'Summerhall' featuring the music of James MacMillan.

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Edimbourg

07 mai 2014

Edinburgh Quartet: Late Sessions

Par Alan Coady

Seattle

A familiar-sounding new commission and an unusual approach to Beethoven

Par Thomas May, 17 avril 2014

James MacMillan’s The Death of Oscar receives its American première under Stéphane Denève, while Paul Lewis is the soloist in a thought-provoking account of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3.

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Seattle

18 avril 2014

A familiar-sounding new commission and an unusual approach to Beethoven

Par Thomas May

BBCSSO and James MacMillan Celebrate Commonwealth Day with a Blast.

Par David Smythe, 10 mars 2014

There is always something special when a piece is performed in the presence of a composer, and even more so when the composer conducts a famous and popular work. James MacMillan conducted the BBCSSO in The Confession of Isobel Gowdie to help celebrate Commonwealth Day in Glasgow.

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Glasgow

11 mars 2014

BBCSSO and James MacMillan Celebrate Commonwealth Day with a Blast.

Par David Smythe

Why Is This Night Different? Edinburgh Quartet play James MacMillan

Par Alan Coady, 12 février 2014

The Edinburgh Quartet in the second of a series of three explorations of James MacMillan's string quartet writing at Edinburgh's Summerhall.

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Edimbourg

13 févr. 2014

Edinburgh Quartet play James MacMillan

Par Alan Coady

MacMillan's Viola Concerto and Mahler 6 with Jurowski and the LPO

Par Jonathan Russell, 15 janvier 2014

An astonishing performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony followed the world première of James MacMillan's Viola Concerto, a haunting mixture of the old and the new. Soloist Lawrence Power joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski.

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Londres

17 janv. 2014

LPO: Mahler & MacMillan

Par Jonathan Russell

MacMillan conducts new and revisited MacMillan with the BBC SSO

Par David Smythe, 11 janvier 2014

James MacMillan conducted two rediscovered early orchestral works for the first time with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at City Hall, Glasgow.

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Glasgow

13 janv. 2014

MacMillan conducts MacMillan in Glasgow

Par David Smythe

The LPO and Jurowski perform British composers of the 1990s

Par Renée Reitsma, 07 décembre 2013

As part of the last full weekend of Southbank Centre's The Rest is Noise festival, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra presented a programme of British orchestral music from the 1990s.

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Londres

10 déc. 2013

LPO plays British music at The Rest is Noise

Par Renée Reitsma

Edinburgh Quartet play music by James MacMillan

Par Alan Coady, 27 novembre 2013

With composer James MacMillan in attendance, this Edinburgh Quartet concert confirmed that the group has audience attraction and engagement at its core.

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Edimbourg

28 nov. 2013

Edinburgh Quartet: James MacMillan

Par Alan Coady

Toronto

Classic Britten and Beethoven from Ehnes and Denève with the TSO

Par Stanley Fefferman, 12 octobre 2013

If there were a Nobel Prize for violin, I would nominate James Ehnes. His playing of Britten’s Violin Concerto with the Toronto Symphony was drenched with emotions – pathos, irony, lamentation, sarcasm, tenderness and bliss – displayed and at the same time bounded by the discipline of his virtuosity, that like a diamond, radiated brilliance without attracting attention to itself.

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