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Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow impress at Colston Hall

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 15 December 2013
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Reviewed at Bristol Beacon: Beacon Hall, Bristol on 13 December 2013
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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres
Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.