Se in 14th-century Siena, Italy, Francesco Cilea’s opera Gloria, performed here in its 1932 revised edition, contains the tragic story of two lovers caught up in a conflict (between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: of […]
This is Edward Cowie‘s 80th birthday year, and Métier as a number of new recordings are in progress, including the third volume in the Bird Portraits series, and music for string quartets and other chamber groupings. But […]
Alma Mahler remains a fascinating figure. Musically active as a composer, albeit for a relatively short time, her life has been rather overshadowed by her relationships. She married the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter […]
Philip Glass: Akhnaten – English National Opera, 2016 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Philip Glass: Glassworks plus excerpts from Satyagraha, Akhnaten and The Photographer; Lisa Bielawa, Peter Hess. Mick Ross, Sam Sadigursky, Andrew Sterman, Philip […]
For the second of three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the LA Philharmonic included the New York premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Dznot, the Mayan word for abyss or sinkhole and was inspired by the ‘cenotes’, a […]
The mediaeval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca.1373-1448) is a fascinating figure. She freed herself from the restraint of marriage and embarked on pilgrimages to sacred sites in Europe and the Middle East, dressed usually in white. […]
Basilica of Santa Barbara at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantuawhere Monteverdi was working when he wrote his Vespers of 1610 Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; Temple Music Foundation at Temple ChurchReviewed 8 […]
This is a joy. Delian exoticism at its finest: previously on Classical Explorer, we reported on a performance of his more famous Lakmé via Chelsea Opera Group at Cadogan Hall; now we preset a luxuriously […]
BBC Singers and National Youth Voices with Nicholas Chalmers at the BBC Singers’ Centenary Concert, October 2024 The BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir have announced a three-year partnership between the two organisations to […]
In 19th century Japan, a young Frenchman travels to Japan to learn about the secrets of silk production. While visiting a rich man, he observes a young girl with her eyes closed. She suddenly opens […]
