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LondonA British Isles Fantasia with Guy Johnston & Dame Sheila Hancock

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Denny, Dowland, Harrison, Elgar, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Oswald, MacMillan, Traditional, Jenkins, Watkins, Dennehy, Enya
Fantasia Orchestra; Tom Fetherstonhaugh; Guy Johnston; Sheila Hancock

BirminghamA British Isles Fantasia with Guy Johnston & Dame Sheila Hancock

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Denny, Dowland, Harrison, Elgar, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Oswald, MacMillan, Traditional, Jenkins, Watkins, Dennehy, Enya
Fantasia Orchestra; Tom Fetherstonhaugh; Guy Johnston; Sheila Hancock

OxfordSibelius Seven

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Sibelius, Elgar, Pépin
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra; Ben Glassberg; Guy Johnston
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Exuberance and introspection at the RLPO's season opener

Andrew Manze © Gareth Jones
The soul-searching of Britten's Cello Symphony, featuring Guy Johnston, finely complements the mystery of the Enigma Variations.
****1
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Beacons in the dark: Guy Johnston plays Britten at the BBC Proms

Guy Johnston, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
Cellist Guy Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony for a Prom journeying from humanity's darkest shadows to radiant optimism.
****1
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Johnston’s Tavener the highlight for the Brighton Philharmonic

Guy Johnston © Frances Marshall
Warm Vaughan Williams and energetic Richter and Vivaldi from MacGregor and the BPO strings, with an astonishing performance of Tavener’s The Protecting Veil from Guy Johnston the highlight. 
****1
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Domingo Hindoyan's warm Bruckner 6 beguiles Liverpool

Guy Johnston and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra © Gareth Jones
Schubert and Saint-Saëns provide an elegant first half before a change of tone and pace with Bruckner's Sixth Symphony. 
****1
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Routine Elgar but compelling Bruckner from the BSO

Guy Johnston, Mark Wiggleswoth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra © Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Thrills and disappointment in equal measure in mixed performances of two core repertory works under Mark Wigglesworth at the Lighthouse, Poole. 
***11
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Ryan Bancroft, Guy Johnston and BBC NOW at the Proms

The eclectic programme of 19th-century concerto and symphony, coupled with a world premiere, failed to yield any knockout performance from this team. 
**111
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