BBC SO / Hrusa concert at the Barbican
London already knows the incoming music director of the Royal Opera as an orchestral conductor of distinction in Mahler and the Czech repertoire, but Hrůša’s Shostakovich was new – to me at least – and […]
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Saffron Hall celebrates World Piano Day with classical, jazz, film, the winner of The Piano, and a chance to Do It Yourself
Martin James Bartlett World Piano Day is celebrated on the 88th day of the year to honour the 88 keys of the piano, so Saffron Hall is planning a celebratory Piano Day on Saturday 29 March […]
Ellie Slorach appointed to the new role of Associate Conductor with the Royal Northern Sinfonia
Fantasy, Myths and Legends prom – Ellie Slorach, Royal Northern Sinfonia – The Glasshouse (Photo: TyneSight Photographic Services)) Ellie Slorach has been appointed to the new role of Associate Conductor with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, […]
1775 – A Retrospective: Ian Page & The Mozartists on terrific form in a deep dive into the sound-world of Mozart’s 1775
Benda: Medea – Alexandra Lowe, The Mozartists, Ian Page at Cadogan Hall (Photo: Martin Kendrick) 1775 – A Retrospective: Ordonez, Hasse, Mozart, Benda: Medea, Haydn: Symphony No. 67; Alexandra Lowe, Alessandro Fisher, The Mozartists, Ian […]
Toshio Hosokawa’s Awakening: Music for Guitar
Toshio Hosokawa’s music recalls the calligraphic lines of Japanese script, but, as he puts it, ‘at the limit of time and space’. Hosokawa reframes the very way we experience the guitar; traditional folk music retains […]
Bach Cantatas from Oxford: can one ever have ‘genug’?
Here is a disc of three magnificent performances of three Bach cantatas on the Signum label. superbly recorded in Norwood, London. The Oxford Bach Soloists is directed by Tom Hammond-Davies; Nick Pritchard is the fervent […]
Canadian composer Jacques Hétu’s remarkable final symphony in a stunning new recording resulting from the collaboration between three of Canada’s major ensembles
Jacques Hétu: Symphony No. 5; Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Alexander Shelley; AnalektaReviewed 29 January 2025 Premiered three weeks after his death, Canadian composer Jacques Hétu’s massive symphony […]
GBSR Duo: the first ever portrait concert devoted to Wlesh composer/violinist Angharad Davies and startling the Wigmore Hall audience with vocal ensemble EXAUDI
GBSR Duo, made up of two of the UK’s finest young contemporary chamber instrumentalists, George Barton, percussion and Siwan Rhys, piano, has become known for its boundary-crossing performances, combining exceptional interpretations of the existing piano-percussion repertoire […]
William Vann & the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital return to the studio for more Elgar gems on SOMM
Elgar wrote a remarkable amount of choral music ranging from the small-scale to the huge oratorios. Most choral singers will be familiar with his remarkable unaccompanied choral gems, Owls and There is Sweet Music, but […]
From the London Eye to the Northern Lights: BBC Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century
The London Eye (Photo: Diego Delso, Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0) On Saturday 25 January, BBC Radio 3 launched 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century, its sequence of 25 commissions celebrating and commemorating some of […]
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