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Performer: Huw Watkins

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Beethoven the winner for Waley-Cohen and Watkins in Exmoor

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In a concert of three violin sonatas, a disappointing Debussy precedes an interesting piece by Watkins and well-performed Beethoven.
***11
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Venus and the Violin: Tamsin Waley-Cohen

Unjustly neglected works by Boulanger, Beach, and Clarke shine despite frustratingly inconsistent playing. 
**111
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A bracing density of musical incident

Oliver Knussen and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group excel in a cunningly linked group of works from the old (mid 1980s) to the brand new.
*****
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Obsession and escapism: Huw Watkins on In the Locked Room

Welsh composer Huw Watkins reflects on the thinking that led to his opera In the Locked Room, created in partnership with librettist David Harsent.