Paul Norman and the Ligeti Quartet celebrate the late Jonathan Harvey

By Melissa Hok Cee Wong, 14 January 2013

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Reviewed at Purcell Room, London on 11 January 2013

Cutler, Guitar Music

Harvey, Sufi Dance, for solo guitar

Harvey, String Quartet no. 2

Bowler, Hay Fever, for string quartet

Hughes, Summer Light, for solo guitar

Dodgson, Fantasy Divisions, for solo guitar

Ligeti, String Quartet no. 2

Paul Norman, Guitar

Ligeti Quartet

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Picture postcard Spain from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia

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