Young Classical Music Artists Agency and Promoter

4th December 2009

Review of Philip Higham in The Guardian

Tom Service on amateur orchestras

‘Amateur orchestras are music’s lifeblood'

On Philip Higham‘s performance of Finzi’s Cello Concerto:

“The soloist was a young Scottish cellist called Philip Higham (this is another service amateur orchestras provide: giving young soloists the chance to try out concerto repertoire). Afterwards, Finzi Jr told him his was the best performance of the concerto he‘d ever heard, and I could see what he meant: Higham’s passionate connection with the piece, his total technical command of its virtuosic demands, were outstanding.”

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