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Pulsing applause for Aurora's Reich at St George's

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 13 February 2015
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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 12 February 2015
Programme
Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Reich, New York Counterpoint
Stravinsky, Concerto for two pianos
Bartók, Contrasts, Sz 111
Reich, Double Sextet
Performers
Timothy Orpen, Clarinet
Thomas Gould, Violin
Aurora Orchestra
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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”.