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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

Green Mass, LPO, Jurowski, RFH

Sunday, 31 January 2016 Read more...

Kavakos, Bullock, LSO, Rattle, Barbican

Thursday, 14 January 2016 Read more...

Pires, LSO, Harding, Barbican

Thursday, 17 December 2015 Read more...

In The Sky I Am Walking, Greengrassi Gallery

Saturday, 21 November 2015 Read more...

DVD: Death of a Gentleman

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 Read more...

Cordelia Williams, Kings Place

Wednesday, 14 October 2015 Read more...

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Volkov, Barbican

Saturday, 10 October 2015 Read more...

Accentus, Insula, Equilbey, Barbican

Tuesday, 22 September 2015 Read more...

Trofonio’s Cave, Bampton Opera

Wednesday, 16 September 2015 Read more...

Prom 55: SWR SO Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Roth

Thursday, 27 August 2015 Read more...

Prom 33: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Gardiner

Monday, 10 August 2015 Read more...

Prom 22: Piemontesi, Aurora Orchestra, Collon

Sunday, 02 August 2015 Read more...

Prom 17: Hallé, Elder

Friday, 31 July 2015 Read more...

Zimerman, LSO, Rattle, Barbican

Friday, 03 July 2015 Read more...

A Country Doctor, Phaedra, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Wednesday, 10 June 2015 Read more...

Parsifal, CBSO, Nelsons, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Tuesday, 19 May 2015 Read more...

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