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The Sacconi Quartet goes for a walk on the wild side

As you’ll no doubt remember from reading last month’s pages, composer Roxanna Panufnik has. Front and centre in the audience – albeit at a safe distance – was Albie, the handsome bear whose heartbeat inspired the piece, along with his siblings. Whether he enjoyed it we’ll never really know, but he appeared relaxed and attentive as the music drifted through the sun-lit wooded enclosure.

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