Fidelio Orchestra Founded in 2019 with the aim of creating opportunities for young musicians to get high standard orchestral experience and to collaborate with outstanding soloists, the the Fidelio Orchestra aims to bring together people […]
For those looking for a modern-instrument performance of Mozart’s Requiem (in the Süßmayr completion), look no further. If ever there was an example of Jansons’ art, this is it. There will be adherents of Jansons’ […]
Music from the Americas IVenezuela! Judging from “I” in the title, this appears to be the first in a series, and what an enticing prospect it is. This program contains music from 20th-Century Venezuelan composers, conducted […]
Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wagner’s epic of warring gods and mortals struggling for possession of the magic Ring that grants power to rule the world, takes at least fifteen hours to play out, but on this […]
J.M.Synge’s Riders to the Sea at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Ralph Vaughan Williams’ operatic masterpiece, Riders to the Sea, his 1927 one-act opera remains something of a neglected gem, to a certain extent because no-one […]
Odisea: Lorenz, Grau, Tchaikovsky Jorge Glem (Venezuela cuatro); Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gusavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 16.02.2025 Ricardo Lorenz Todo Tereno (2022) Gonzalo Grau Odisea (2022) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 […]
Salzburg – Hofstallgasse at Night (Photo: TSG Breitegger) For Markus Hinterhäuser, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, the main theme of the 2025 Festival (18 July to 31 August 2025) can be summed up in […]
Inner Temple Hall in its modern incarnation built in the 1950s Handel: Solomon; Tim Mead, Rowan Pierce, Hilary Cronin, Frances Gregory, Anna Dennis, James Way, Morgan Pearse, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh; Temple Music […]
Mahler – Symphony No. 3. Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano); Tiffin Choirs Children’s Choir; London Symphony chorus; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor). Barbican Hall, London, 15 January, 2025 The Simón Bolivar Symphony […]
The Dead – Niamh Cusack, The Fourth Choir, Jamie Powe – Wilton’s Music Hall (Photo: Kathleen Holman) The Dead: James Joyce, Sarah MacDonald, Rhona Clarke, Robert Parsons, Bellini, Aine Mallon, Joanna Marsh, Samuel Barber, Healey […]
