Viktoria Mullova and Accademia Bizantina's play Bach concertos in Bristol

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 21 October 2013

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 17 October 2013

Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041

Bach, Concerto for 2 keyboards and strings in C minor, BWV1060 (transcribed for violin and harpsichord)

Bach, Keyboard Concerto no. 2 in E major, BWV1053 (transcr for violin in D major)

Bach, Violin Concerto in E major, BWV1042

Viktoria Mullova, Violin

Accademia Bizantina

Ottavio Dantone, Harpsichord

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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”.