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Miloš Karadaglić's Colston Hall debut with Brussels Philharmonic underwhelms

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 28 November 2014
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Reviewed at Bristol Beacon: Beacon Hall, Bristol on 27 November 2014
Programme
Borodin, Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla, La vida breve: Danza no. 1
Saint-Saëns, Symphony no. 3 in C minor "Organ Symphony", Op.78
Performers
Brussels Philharmonic
Michel Tabachnik, Conductor
Miloš Karadaglić, Guitar
Oliver Condy, Organ
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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”.