Peter Quantrill
Bio
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
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BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park review – Pet Shop Boys, Westli...
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Beethoven Festival Weekend, Wigmore Hall review 1 - sparkle...
While the Proms were ringing out the old season, the...
Beethoven Festival Weekend, Wigmore Hall review 2 - total ma...
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Muse, 02 review - bombastic Brit-rock with a sci-fi theme
For a band mostly known as a brilliantly ludicrous cocktail of other’s people’s sound-styles, the Simulation Theory tour is proof that...
LSO, Rattle, Barbican Hall review – visions of the beyond
Simon Rattle has a knack for unearthing large-...
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Bristol Old Vic review - Ja...
It is a truth perhaps not quite but almost universally accepted that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, beloved of GSCE English Lit...
Romesh Ranganathan, Brighton Dome review - transgressive, ed...
One question springs immediately to mind on hearing that Romesh Ranganathan’s new stand-up show, The Cynic’s Mixtape, is touring: how...
CD: Tove Lo - Sunshine Kitty
Swedish singer Tove Lo appeared at a time when female physical sexuality was being used as a raw, blunt weapon in...
Last Night of the Proms, Barton, BBCSO, Oramo review – woke...
The BBC put social and ethnic diversity at the heart of this Last Night programme. The concert...
Martin Gayford: The Pursuit of Art review - devotion, distil...
This is a book about experiences that go beyond reading about art. Martin Gayford’s 20 short essays about press trips and self-motivated travel...