A road trip with the Frankland Quartet
From Austria to America, by way of a Scottish motorway – quartets by Haydn, Meredith and Dvořák, played by the Frankland Quartet
9 Jun 2022
My reviews of concerts in Durham. Full reviews on this page are written exclusively for this site. I generally buy my own tickets for concerts, especially when they are student or local amateur groups.
From Austria to America, by way of a Scottish motorway – quartets by Haydn, Meredith and Dvořák, played by the Frankland Quartet
DUOS Chamber serve up a delightful musical equivalent of pre-dinner drinks, but their concert showed why Durham so desperately needs a concert hall.
Durham University Choral and Orchestral Societies deliver a moving and powerfully sung programme, conducted by John Forsyth MBE
Stylish playing by DUOS Symphony Orchestra in a richly romantic programme of British rarities.
Lady Luck is on DULOG’s side in this gloriously joyful production of ‘Guys and Dolls’
Durham University Chamber Choir show technically brilliant singing and musical sensitivity in a fascinating programme of contrasts.
Excellent singing and characterisation in Durham Opera Ensemble’s small scale Eugene Onegin at the Assembly Rooms.
EXAUDI, directed by James Weeks, probe the brutal extremities of Gesualdo’s passions, along with music by Christopher Fox and Patrick Hegarty.
Durham University Choral Society with soloist Phil Normand sing Vaughan Williams and Stanford and rise to the challenge of Parry’s ‘Songs of farewell’.
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