Peter Quantrill
@peterquantrill.bsky.social
Writing and talking about music. Cricket tragic.
1991 - Berg: Wozzeck, English National Opera
1995 - Mahler 9, BPO/Abbado, Proms
2001 - Bach: St Matthew Passion, Gloucester Cathedral, cond Sir Colin Davis
2008 - Wagner: Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, dir Herheim, cond Gatti
2022 - Stockhausen: Aus Licht, Amsterdam
1995 - Mahler 9, BPO/Abbado, Proms
2001 - Bach: St Matthew Passion, Gloucester Cathedral, cond Sir Colin Davis
2008 - Wagner: Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, dir Herheim, cond Gatti
2022 - Stockhausen: Aus Licht, Amsterdam
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
(Gonna try to do this as one per decade)
Metallica
Nirvana
LCD Soundsystem
Three Trapped Tigers
AK/DK
(Gonna try to do this as one per decade)
Metallica
Nirvana
LCD Soundsystem
Three Trapped Tigers
AK/DK
Adam Ant (with Marco)
Peaches
Bo Ningen
Bjork
Savages
Peaches
Bo Ningen
Bjork
Savages
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
1991 - Berg: Wozzeck, English National Opera
1995 - Mahler 9, BPO/Abbado, Proms
2001 - Bach: St Matthew Passion, Gloucester Cathedral, cond Sir Colin Davis
2008 - Wagner: Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, dir Herheim, cond Gatti
2022 - Stockhausen: Aus Licht, Amsterdam
1995 - Mahler 9, BPO/Abbado, Proms
2001 - Bach: St Matthew Passion, Gloucester Cathedral, cond Sir Colin Davis
2008 - Wagner: Parsifal, Bayreuth Festival, dir Herheim, cond Gatti
2022 - Stockhausen: Aus Licht, Amsterdam
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High performance: Kian Soltani on his Stradivari cello
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November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
High performance: Kian Soltani on his Stradivari cello
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I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out
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It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It is a little known fact that tonight's clock re-adjustment was pioneered by German-British artist Frank Auerbach, to the great dismay of the proponent of the original change, politician Konrad Adenauer
Two Nilssons for the price of one: my report @Bachtrack from the award of the Birgit Nilsson Prize to the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. 📸Maja Brandt
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October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Two Nilssons for the price of one: my report @Bachtrack from the award of the Birgit Nilsson Prize to the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. 📸Maja Brandt
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October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]
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Choose life: Oramo's Mahler 9 leaves death for the last page
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October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Choose life: Oramo's Mahler 9 leaves death for the last page
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Sakari Oramo guided the BBCSO through a life-affirming Mahler 9 at the Barbican on Saturday - my ★★★★ review for Bachtrack here:
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October 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sakari Oramo guided the BBCSO through a life-affirming Mahler 9 at the Barbican on Saturday - my ★★★★ review for Bachtrack here:
bachtrack.com/22/296/view/...
bachtrack.com/22/296/view/...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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After the rivers of blood speech, precisely no one in the major parties patted themselves on the back and declared free speech to be alive and well. They declared Powell a pariah, and he was only able to re-emerge in public life as the incongruous unionist MP for South Down.
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
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September 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
After the rivers of blood speech, precisely no one in the major parties patted themselves on the back and declared free speech to be alive and well. They declared Powell a pariah, and he was only able to re-emerge in public life as the incongruous unionist MP for South Down.
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Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest: the Enescu Festival goes immersive
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September 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bach on the street, Klimt in the forest: the Enescu Festival goes immersive
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In these sacred halls: a long Sunday at the George Enescu International Festival
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September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In these sacred halls: a long Sunday at the George Enescu International Festival
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Oliver Soden tried to get a copy of Virginia Woolf’s uncollected letters. It became a parable about money and the state of literary culture.
On not reviewing Virginia Woolf
Here’s what happened when I tried to get a copy of her uncollected letters. Consider it a parable about money and the state of literary culture
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August 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Oliver Soden tried to get a copy of Virginia Woolf’s uncollected letters. It became a parable about money and the state of literary culture.
Such a treat to hear and see the strange and wonderful Sancta Civitas again. My ★★★★ review @bachtrack.com of the First Night of the Proms.
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The First Night of the BBC Proms: celebration and redemption
The BBC's annual classical jamboree is launched in fine style with a premiere and a timely revival, conducted by Sakari Oramo.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Such a treat to hear and see the strange and wonderful Sancta Civitas again. My ★★★★ review @bachtrack.com of the First Night of the Proms.
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Would anyone like to take issue with the idea of that Berger save as the new Gordon Banks 1970 moment?
July 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Would anyone like to take issue with the idea of that Berger save as the new Gordon Banks 1970 moment?
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What a disappointment after spending all that money.
July 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What a disappointment after spending all that money.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I should be home at the end of summer so I'll give you a ring.
July 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I should be home at the end of summer so I'll give you a ring.
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From ‘Look and Learn’ magazine, 1963.
The ceremony of buying shoes
The ceremony of buying shoes
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From ‘Look and Learn’ magazine, 1963.
The ceremony of buying shoes
The ceremony of buying shoes
Bentham's panopticon installed at Garsington for a powerful Fidelio revival - goodness this was wonderful story-telling. My ★★★★ review for Bachtrack.
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bentham's panopticon installed at Garsington for a powerful Fidelio revival - goodness this was wonderful story-telling. My ★★★★ review for Bachtrack.
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A compelling harmony of stage and pit in a radically trad Fidelio at @garsingtonopera.bsky.social
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A radically trad Fidelio at Garsington
Simple solutions prove the best in Beethoven's "problem" opera as John Cox's staging is revived at Garsington.
bachtrack.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A compelling harmony of stage and pit in a radically trad Fidelio at @garsingtonopera.bsky.social
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