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BrugesOrchestre National de Lille & Lawrence Power

© Jack Liebeck
Rachmaninov, Miller
Orchestre National de Lille; Aziz Shokhakimov; Lawrence Power

LondonSakari Oramo conducts Hillborg, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mendelssohn, Hillborg, Stravinsky
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Lawrence Power; Beth Taylor; Benjamin Bruns; BBC Symphony Chorus

LondonLeonore Piano Trio / Lawrence Power

Wigmore Hall
Suk, Walton
Leonore Piano Trio; Benjamin Nabarro; Gemma Rosefield; Tim Horton

LondonNash Ensemble / Claire Booth

Wigmore Hall
Beethoven, Haydn, Matthews C., Saint-Saëns
Nash Ensemble; Benjamin Nabarro; Jonathan Stone; Lawrence Power

LondonNash Ensemble; Roderick Williams

Wigmore Hall
Mahler, Beethoven, Arensky
Nash Ensemble; Stephanie Gonley; Jonathan Stone; Lawrence Power

LondonLawrence Power and Vilde Frang: Travellers Tales

Barbican
Schubert, Enescu, Penderecki, Bach, Martinů, Benjamin, Harline, Telemann, Mozart, Schnittke, Berio, Saariaho, Prokofiev, Ligeti, Handel
Jessie Rodger; Vilde Frang; Lawrence Power
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Lawrence Power brings Schnittke’s intriguing Viola Concerto to life

Lawrence Power, Patrick Hahn and the RSNO in rehearsal © RSNO | Clara Cowen

In Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, Schnittke’s Viola Concerto is bookended by elegiac Bach and memorable Shostakovich, conducted by Patrick Hahn. 

****1
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Alessio Bax’s inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music

Alessio Bax, Natalia Lomeiko, Lawrence Power, Nabil Shehata and Paul Watkins © Sophie Oliver | Sinfonia Smith Square
Alessio Bax's inaugural London Festival of Chamber Music sets off with a spring in its step.
*****
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Unpersuasive Nordic Soundscapes from the Philharmonia

Lawrence Power, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia © Philharmonia Orchestra | Marc Gascoigne
After an indifferent start, the Philharmonia finally come to life in the last movement of Sibelius’ First Symphony. Lawrence Power shows his viola class.
**111
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Orpheus CO and Vengerov deliver superb Mozart at Carnegie Hall

Maxim Vengerov, Lawrence Power and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra © Stephanie Berger

The star violinist and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra bring their two-night traversal of Mozart’s complete works for violin and orchestra to a stunning conclusion.

****1
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Northern Lights: Nordic Music Days festival visits Scotland

Lawrence Power © Britten Sinfonia
Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra provide Northern Light from two Swedish composers, but sinister darkness from two Scots.
****1
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An evening of Miller and Shostakovich at the Proms

BBC Philharmonic © BBC | Andy Paradise
John Storgårds, the BBC Philharmonic and Lawrence Power deliver soothing waves of sound in Miller's I cannot love without trembling and an intense, though occasionally overwhelming, performance of Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony.
****1
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LondonNash Ensemble / Harriet Walter

© Sim Canetty-Clarke
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg
Nash Ensemble; Stephanie Gonley; Jonathan Stone; Lawrence Power
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Composition as learning: Cassandra Miller

Cassandra Miller © Benjamin Ealovega
The Canadian composer talks about her working method, her interest in vocality, her guitar concerto for Sean Shibe and the Dunedin Consort, and whether she’s still trying to make audiences cry.

Challenging reputations: Lawrence Power on Brahms and the viola

Lawrence Power © Jack Liebeck
The British viola player on why there's so much more to Brahms than just his great Romantic voice.