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- ↑ Jeal, Erica (6 March 2017). "BCMG/Knussen review – Helen Grime makes sparks fly". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ↑ Nepil, Hannah (7 March 2017). "The opposite of easy listening: BCMG at Wigmore Hall". Financial Times . Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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