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Music has the first and last word in sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Claire Booth and Ensemble 360
© Lewis Heenan
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“tenderness to passion to serenity in one glowing, fluid arch of music”
Reviewed at Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield on 23 May 2026
Strauss R., Capriccio, Op.85: Sextet
Sargen, Fallen, felled (World premiere)
Sibelius, En Saga, a symphonic poem for orchestra, Op.9 (arr. Barrett)
Wagner, Siegfried Idyll
Strauss R., Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (arr. Ledger)
Claire Booth, Soprano
Ensemble 360
Ensemble 360 illuminates the gathering darkness in Sheffield
****1
Symmetries in Sound: Ensemble 360 explores music and maths
****1
A trio of Mozart quintets from Ensemble 360
****1
A concert of masterworks from Ensemble 360 and guests
****1
Bach at Breakfast: Ensemble 360 serve up a Goldberg feast
*****
Ensemble 360’s Lark takes wing
****1
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