Following sold out and critically acclaimed performances of Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre [see my review] and Siegfried [see Tony’s review], the London Opera Company (LOC) returns to Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly St John’s Smith […]
Jago Thornton Jago Thornton, Shostakovich, Coleridge-Taylor; Sacconi Quartet, David Campbell; Conway Hall Sunday ConcertsReviewed 28 September 2025 Coleridge-Taylor’s early masterwork paired with a new piece for clarinet and strings by Jago Thornton, commissioned as a […]
Part of Stravnisky’s Neo-Classicism was his work with the music of older composers, and we see two instances of that thee: chikovsky for L raise de la fée and 18th-Centuy Naples for Pulcinella. It is […]
Amelia Clarkson Amelia Clarkson is a Northern Irish composer from County Down and she currently works between Belfast and Manchester where she is undertaking a PhD at the Royal Northern College of Music. She is […]
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 – Lukas Vondracek (Photo: New World Symphony) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Lukas Vondracek, New World Symphony, Tianyi Lu, Ziwei Ma; New […]
Peter Wiegold Composer, conductor, collaborator and remarkable artistic creative, Peter Wiegold will be giving an online talk for School of Sound on 14 October 2025. Titled Being in the room. How to make it happen, […]
James Pearson & Lizzie Ball (Photo: Monika C Jakubowska) Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club has announced that from February next year it is reopening the first floor of the club (which closed in 2024) with a […]
,%20Ensemble%20(c)%20Richard%20Hubert%20Smith.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Engaging rom-com energy in Martin Constantine's not quite end of the pier production of Donizetti's The Elixir of Love at English Touring Opera")
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – Timothy Nelson & chorus – English Touring Opera (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Donizetti: The Elixir of Love; Natasha Page, Tamsanqa Tylor Lamani, Emyr Wyn Jones, Timothy Nelson, Rosie […]
A 1723 engraving by Johann Gottfried Krügner of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig La Grande Audition de Leipzig; Telemann, Kuhnau, Graupner, Bach; Miriam Allan, Maarten Engeltyes, Thomas Hobbs, Edward Grint, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew; Wigmore HallReviewed […]
Historical releases re so valuable, reminding us of golden get, of how performance practice has changed and yet how musical tooth will always out. Myra Hess’ recorded legacy is legendary, and here she is joined […]
