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• ABC Classic, 1 August, recording of Alison Balsom’s performance of Bernstein’s On
the Town from Quiet City, broadcast during their new releases episode
• BBC Radio 4 – Saturday Live, 20 August, Alison Balsom shares her inheritance tracks
• ABC Classic, 24 August, interview with Alison Balsom pegged to Quiet City
• BBC Radio 3 In Tune, 24 August, interview with Alison Balsom pegged to Quiet City
• ABC Classic – Classic Drive, 29 August, plug for Quiet City during the programme
• My Wardrobe Malfunction with Susannah Constantine, 31 August, interview with
Alison Balsom pegged to Quiet City, which includes a plug for Alison Balsom’s
performance at Snape Maltings as part of Britten Pears Arts’ Sumer at Snape series
• BBC Radio 4 Front Row, 7 September, interview with Alison Balsom by Tom Sutcliffe
on Quiet City
• Classic FM - Moira Stuart Meets... Alison Balsom, 25 September, interview with
Alison Balsom by Moira Stuart

Reviews
• The Observer, 21 August, pick for On the Town in Fiona Maddocks’ home listening
• Presto Classical, 26 August, pick as recording of the week by David Smith
• The Arts Desk, 27 August, positive review by Graham Rickson
• The Scotsman (print & online), 27 August, 5*review by Ken Walton
• Rondo Magazine, 27 August, positive German review by Corina Kolbe
• Mail on Sunday, 28 August, 5*review by David Mellor (also in The Scottish Mail on
Sunday, 28 August)
• Brawoo, 1 September, positive German review by Klaus Härtel
• The Times, 7 September, 3*review by Geoff Brown
• BBC Music Magazine, 9 September, 4*review by Christopher Dingle
• Music Chronicles, 14 September, positive French review by Hubert Stoecklin (also in
Culture 31, 21 September)
• De Gelderlander, 28 September, 4* Dutch review by Maarten-Jan Dongelmans
• Crescendo Magazine, 30 September, positive French review by Pierre-Jean Tribot.
Scored: Sound (10), Notice (6), Repertoire (9), and Interpretation (10)
• BBC Music Magazine, October Issue, 5*performance and recording review by
Christopher Dingle
• Gramophone, October Issue, positive review by Edward Seckerson
• All Music, 3 October, mention in September’s recent classical highlights

Summer at Snape, 31 August
• BBC Music Magazine, May Issue, mention for Alison Balsom’s performance with
Britten Sinfonia in pick for the Snape Proms in their Festival Guide for 2022
• Slipped Disc, 9 May, mention for Alison Balsom in article announcing Britten Pears
Arts’ Summer at Snape series

Social Media Highlights
Biscuiteers ltd
• Collaborated with the luxury biscuit brand, designing and creating a bespoke, album-
branded biscuit, which we gifted to influencers and industry figures to promote the
album release