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Peter Quantrill

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Peter has written about music ever since completing his studies in the Classics. He contributes regularly to Gramophone, the Catholic Herald and The Strad, as well as writing for the Salzburg Festival, Warner Classics, Opera and Pianist magazines, among others. He also made significant contributions to Help your Kids with Music (Dorling Kindersley, 2015) and 1001 Classical Recordings (Cassell, rev 2016).

Articles By Peter Quantrill

Kulman, Skelton, BBCSO, Oramo, Barbican review - romantic sign-offs

Saturday, 23 February 2019 Read more...

Uchida, Connolly, Skelton, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review – songs of farewell

Monday, 01 October 2018 Read more...

Die Walküre, Royal Opera review – putting family before sex

Thursday, 27 September 2018 Read more...

Chiaroscuro Quartet, Kings Place review – antique melancholy

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 Read more...

LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - symphonies of death and new life

Friday, 27 April 2018 Read more...

theartsdesk in Korea: national pride and candour

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Read more...

Kožená, LSO, Rattle, Barbican Hall review – springing surprises from Schubert and Rameau

Friday, 12 January 2018 Read more...

Christmas Oratorio, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - right piece, wrong place

Monday, 18 December 2017 Read more...

Hough, Basel CO, Holliger, Cadogan Hall review - heavenly lengths in Schubert

Wednesday, 22 November 2017 Read more...

Romantics Anonymous, Shakespeare's Globe review - box of delights

Thursday, 02 November 2017 Read more...

Bavouzet, BBCSO, Oramo, Barbican review - playing the long game in Sibelius

Saturday, 28 October 2017 Read more...

Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words, BBC Four review - ode to joyful cellist

Monday, 23 October 2017 Read more...

Ensemble InterContemporain, Pintscher, RFH review - a visit from the gentle ghost of Boulez

Tuesday, 17 October 2017 Read more...

La Damnation de Faust, LSO, Rattle, Barbican review - infernal dynamite

Monday, 18 September 2017 Read more...

Proms 67 & 68 review: Freiburg Baroque, Heras-Casado / Mariinsky, Gergiev - reformation and revolution

Monday, 04 September 2017 Read more...

Prom 30 review: Bournemouth SO, Karabits - pagan fire and thunder

Tuesday, 08 August 2017 Read more...

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