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Boy with ‘death sentence’ disease living a normal life after breakthrough gene therapy

Four-year-old Eisa can now play football and go to school – things his family feared he may never do

The Independent UK

London hospital gene therapy breakthrough gives boy with ‘death sentence’ disease a normal life

Eisa Hussein took part in a clinical trial testing the new gene therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Evening Standard

Williams/Burch; Booth/Waley-Cohen review – persuasive Schubert and superb Kurtág

Roderick Williams was vivid and compelling in Schubert’s Schwanengesang, while Claire Booth rose to the challenges of Kafka Fragments

The Guardian - UK

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Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate

The promise of gene therapy looms large for families dealing with rare, genetic disorders

The Independent UK

Schoenberg: Expressionist Music album review – thoughtful and illuminating collection

Soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn turn to Schoenberg’s early and little known songs in this immaculate recording

The Guardian - UK

Great Ormond Street hoping to license gene therapy for ‘bubble baby’ syndrome

Hospital to take unprecedented step after drug firm pulled out despite successful trial of treatment

The Guardian - UK

Nash Ensemble: A Birtwistle Celebration review – an intense and poetic tribute

The Nash and BBC Singers selected poignant vocal and instrumental works in memory of the late composer, as well as the premiere of a new Simon Holt work honouring sculptor Richard Serra

The Guardian - UK

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Penarth chamber music festival review – anticolonial poems and a moonstruck Pierrot

Unspoken harmony reigned among the group of chamber musicians who performed Ravel, Schönberg and Debussy at this delightful small festival

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: In the Realms of Sorrow; Alexander’s Feast; Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Bloch – review

The raw, ravishing power of four solo cantatas is taken to the next level at the London Handel festival, while young star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason works overtime

The Guardian - UK

Four brothers with rare disease who had bone marrow transplants lead call for more research

There is 'promising new gene therapy treatment on the horizon' that could see 'safer and more effective ways to treat patients with XLP'

Wales Online

The week in classical: Migrations; Aldeburgh festival; Royal Academy of Music SO/Bychkov

WNO’s multi-stranded exploration of human migration is a joy; Aldeburgh honours Oliver Knussen in style; and the RAM’s future stars are bold as brass

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