The Bonn festival, in October, has booked Belgium’s B’Rock Orchestra to contextualise the first symphony: The B’Rock Orchestra feels like an integral part of society and wants to contribute to a meaningful discussion. In its […]
In The Bleak Midwinter – Wigmore Hall Why is this the world’s most popular Christmas carol? Its message (thanks to Christina Rosetti) is miserable and, what’s more, inaccurate. Assuming that Jesus was in fact born in […]
Edward Gardner & Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Britten Pears Arts) Daniel Kidane: Sirens, Mark-Anthony Turnage: Refugee, Nielsen: Symphony No.4; Allan Clayton, Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, cond. Edward […]