Libertas: Beethoven, Schubert, Beach, Marx; Äneas Humm, Doriana Tchakarova; Rondeau ProductionReviewed 19 April 2025 The young Swiss baritone explores ideas of personal freedom in an intriguing recital that moves from Beethoven and Schubert to Amy Beach (in German) […]
The Great Gatsby Is The Great Gatsby the Great American Novel? It’s certainly one of them and it was published exactly 100 years ago this week, on April 10, 1925. It epitomises and emblemises the […]
Xiaogang Ye is no strange to Classical Explorer: nice to see a whole disc of his chamber music on the Resonus label. This music here, spans over three decades of Ye’s chamber works from 1989 […]
Pavel Kushnir (1984-2024) Pavel Kushnir (1984-2024) was a Russian pianist, author, and activist who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike in 2024 [see the 25 August 2024 article […]
My goodness, the quality in Telemann’s works is high. Soon, we’ll be looking at a disc of early cantatas (along with a work by Heinichen) on cpo, but t’s time for chamber music: the first […]
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Jocelyn Freeman and Francesca Chiejina at SongEasel’s 2024 series A Vast Obscurity Pianist Jocelyn Freeman’s South-East London-based song series, SongEasel goes from strength to strength and their seventh concert series, DREAMS: A Place, runs from 10 […]
This May, a unique collaboration between music not-for-profit AudioActive and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) comes to life in Brighton at the St Ann’s Well Gardens Spring Festival, showcasing the results of a ground-breaking creative […]
Aldeburgh Festival Extra! invites the whole community – locals and visitors alike – to enjoy a different take on the Aldeburgh Festival across its 17 days from 13 – 29 June. The Aldeburgh Festival programme […]
The National Youth Choir (15-18 years), conductor Neil Ferris, is presenting Heart and Soul, a programme exploring themes of life, friendship, courage and love through the voices of different composers from a mix of cultures, […]
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Niccolò Paganini by Ingres (1818) The Oxford Philharmonic’s Bach Mendelssohn Festival might be over [see my review] but the orchestra’s season in Oxford continues apace. There is a focus on 19th century violin virtuosi during […]
