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graham rickson

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Graham, who writes on classical music, lives in Leeds.

Articles By Graham Rickson

Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Opera North

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Classical CDs Weekly: Berlioz, Maxwell Davies, Rameau, Zimmermann

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Tubular Brass play Tubular Bells, Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

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Classical CDs Weekly: Copland, Charlemagne Palestine, Lincoln Trio

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Classical CDs Weekly: Michael Nyman, Stravinsky, Emily Pailthorpe

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Classical CDs Weekly: Elgar, Alec Roth, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

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Classical CDs Weekly: Melartin, Rachmaninoff, Rzewski

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All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge, BBC Four

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Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tommy Smith

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Classical CDs Weekly: Strauss, Weinberg, Rolf Lislevand

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Classical CDs Weekly: Meister, Prokofiev, Uri Caine & Jenny Lin

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Classical CDs Weekly: Butterworth, Liszt, Nielsen

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bach, Graeme Koehne, Schubert

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Classical CDs Weekly: Bruckner, Mahler, Nielsen, Schnittke

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Classical CDs Weekly: Elgar, Haydn, Ligeti, Smaro Gregoriadou

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Classical CDs Weekly: MacMillan, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Tchaikovsky

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