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    • Thursday, 17 May, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — new music, novel sounds

      A programme that featured four pieces by female composers

    • Monday, 30 April, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Anna Meredith, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — meaty and flavoursome music

      The composer voyaged boldly into the realm where rock meets classical

    • Friday, 27 April, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Technically dazzling: Benjamin Grosvenor at Queen Elizabeth Hall

      A wizard of the piano but also tender, playful, lyrical when called for — and still only 25

    • Monday, 16 April, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      The Gender Agenda, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — sexual politics as a game show

      A new work by Philip Venables satirises popular entertainment while challenging gender conventions

    • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Chineke! Orchestra, London — refurbishment and resurgence

      The concert hall reopened with an exuberant concert from the Chineke! Orchestra

    • Sunday, 6 March, 2016
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Akram Khan: Kaash, Sadler’s Wells: ‘An ingenious synthesis’

      Dizzying Kathak moves combine with powerful sound and visuals but the absence of Khan himself is felt

    • Tuesday, 25 August, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Lonnie Holley, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — review

      The singer and keyboardist conjured up distant times and faraway places at this Meltdown gig

    • Tuesday, 21 April, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Laura Marling, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — review

      The singer-songwriter looked serene, though her songs told a different story

    • Friday, 10 April, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Miann, Scottish Dance Theatre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — review

      A promising work about bereavement failed to express its meaning on a set ill-suited to its venue

    • Sunday, 29 March, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Christian Tetzlaff, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — review

      The violinist effortlessly replaced Midori, with a bright and brisk performance of some fiendishly difficulty pieces

    • Thursday, 22 January, 2015
      ReviewLife & Arts
      James Dillon’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London — review

      The work, here receiving its London premiere, conveys the composer’s gift for exploration

    • Tuesday, 18 November, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Bill Frisell/Randy Weston and Billy Harper, EFG London Jazz Festival – review

      Frisell played his guitar with precision, while Weston and Harper explored jazz’s African roots

    • Monday, 17 November, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Branford Marsalis/ John Surman, EFG London Jazz Festival – review

      Marsalis and his compact, muscular quartet were an ideal opening act for this year’s festival

    • Monday, 17 November, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Angélique Kidjo, Royal Festival Hall, London – review

      The Benin diva kicked up a storm in London, blurring the boundaries between auditorium and stage

    • Sunday, 9 November, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Renaud Capuçon and Frank Braley, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      The French duo gave immaculately honed performances of Beethoven violin sonatas

    • Tuesday, 14 October, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Colin Currie Group, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      Percussion festival celebrates the work of Steve Reich with three existing works and a premiere

    • Monday, 23 June, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Enlightenment: John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, Meltdown, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      An imaginative ‘re-envisioning’ of John Coltrane’s four-part suite

    • Thursday, 1 May, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      London Sinfonietta, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      Dutch composer Michel van der Aa’s new work transcended its philosophical pretensions

    • Wednesday, 30 April, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Sergio Tiempo, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      A programme of highly contrasted pieces from the Argentinian pianist

    • Wednesday, 12 March, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Artemis Quartet, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      The Berlin-based ensemble demonstrated its flexibility in a programme of Beethoven and Brahms

    • Sunday, 23 February, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      The Labèque Sisters, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      The pianist siblings were undeterred by an interruption to their performance

    • Monday, 9 December, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      in vain, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      Georg Friedrich Haas’s composition piece was played with unflinching concentration and finesse

    • Monday, 2 December, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      György and Márta Kurtág, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      The composer and his wife duetted in this evening of typically shy, softly-spoken music

    • Monday, 28 October, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Denys Baptiste, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      A 13-piece band and a 100-strong choir celebrated Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

    • Thursday, 17 October, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Out of the Shadow, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – review

      Exhausting tedium amid swivelling spotlights from an Austrian breakdance ensemble

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