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An outstanding quintet of players

Steve Crowther

“Lumas Winds are an outstanding quintet of players, both technically and musically. Each piece in this concert was played with care to detail and full of insight.”

Sally Beamish’s The Naming of Birds was an original set of character pieces where each of the five short movements had solos musically depicting the bird of the title eg partridge = horn (first movement). I thought the ensemble and soloists were terrific…

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13/05/2026