Nick Boston
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🏳️🌈 Writing about classical music. Former OU Associate Lecturer. Tenor. He/him.
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Nick Boston
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· Aug 19
Le Concert Spirituel's Striggio marred by flawed staging choices at the BBC Proms
Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel © BBC/Mark Allan Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet BBC Proms 7.30pm, Sunday 17 August, 2025 Royal Albe...
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Nick Boston
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· Aug 19
Nicholas Collon and Aurora Orchestra pull off another dramatic performance from memory
Max Revell as Dmitry Shostakovich © BBC/Andy Paradise Max Revell (actor/dancer) Polly Frame (actor) Craig Stein (actor) Sarah Twomey (ac...
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Nick Boston
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· Apr 15
A golden Turangalîla-Symphonie to celebrate the Brighton Philharmonic's centenary
The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra © Frances Marshall Joanna MacGregor (conductor) Joseph Havlat (piano) Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)...
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· Apr 10
Fantasias for Piano - Martin Cousin presents some unexpected treats, performed with effortless and expressive virtuosity
The Fantasia is a form that has been used by many composers since the sixteenth century, and has its roots in a sense of improvisation. The...
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· Apr 6
Convincing MacMillan from Benedetti contrasts with Noseda's full-on Shostakovich
Nicola Benedetti & the London Symphony Orchestra © LSO/Mark Allan Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Nicola Benedetti (violin) London Symphony ...
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· Apr 2
Brighton-based singing teacher achieves the highest level of certification in Estill Voice Training®
Stefan Holmström Stefan Holmström is a trained opera singer who has been teaching voice for many years now. He has recently achieved accred...
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· Mar 26
The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra scale new heights with Colin Currie at the helm in a celebration of Steve Reich
Steve Reich Colin Currie (conductor, percussion) Joanna MacGregor (piano) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Ruth Rogers (leader) 7.30pm, Su...
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Nick Boston
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· Mar 19
BREMF Consort of Voices - Palestrina 500: Music from Italy and the Sistine Chapel
Join BREMF Consort of Voices to celebrate the 500 anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in 1525, whose graceful po...
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· Feb 24
Overtures & Dances - Impressive variety and virtuosity from the Mēla Guitar Quartet
The Mēla Guitar Quartet formed in 2015, graduates of the Guildhall School of Music & the Royal Academy of Music, and have established a rep...
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Nick Boston
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· Feb 19
Nick Boston
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· Feb 7
Variety & atmosphere in chamber works by Hugh Shrapnel, performed with energy & sensitivity by the Camarilla Ensemble
I’ve reviewed two discs previously of piano music by English composer Hugh Shrapnel (b.1947) ( here & here ), and have been impressed by h...
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