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Music more than words: Britten and Tippett at the Aldeburgh Festival

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“larger notes fell like huge raindrops scattering onto a wind-harried sedge”
Reviewed at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape on 16 June 2016
Tippett, The Heart's Assurance
Britten, 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente, Op.61
Britten, String Quartet no. 1, Op.25
Tippett, Piano Sonata no. 2
Britten, Winter Words for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.52
Ian Bostridge, Tenor
Julius Drake, Piano
Steven Osborne, Piano
Arcadia Quartet
Bumpy love songs from Roderick Williams and Julius Drake at PCMS
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Fauré Song Gala a showcase for the composer's mélodies
****1
Gerald Finley and Julius Drake bring Night and Day to London
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A scorching Diary of One Who Disappeared at Janáček Brno Festival
****1
Alice Coote and Stuart Jackson bring Mahler to Middle Temple Hall
*****
An intense Winterreise from Fleur Barron and Julius Drake
***11
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