Phelim McDermott & Philip Glass: Tao of Glass – @sohoplace theatre Director Phelim McDermott and composer Philip Glass have collaborated at ENO and the Met on Glass’s operas Satygraha [see Tony’s review of the 2018 revival at ENO] and Akhnaten, […]
FACT FICTION, a new interdisciplinary research programme has been launched led by composer Alastair White. Aimed at composers, performers, scholars and practitioners seeking to develop original research through artistic practice within an international context, the […]
A very personal programme this, hardly one to attract crowds and very different in tone from the team’s multi-media take on Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie for the Southbank’s Multitudes festival. Both the RPO’s advance publicity and the conductor’s pre-concert […]
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia – Ellie Donald, Ella Orehek-Coddington, Pasel Basov, Viktoria Melkonian – Royal Academy Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Ella Orehek-Coddington, Oliver Heuzenreuder, Yihui Wang, MAdeleine Perring, Pavel […]
The Celtic Tenors(George Hutton, Daryl Simpson, Matthew Gilsenan) The Celtic Tenors is an Irish trio comprising singers Matthew Gilsenan, George Hutton, and Daryl Simpson. Known for their signature harmony-rich style, they blend opera, classical, Irish […]
We first met Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955) via another disc in the Naxos series of his music, again conducted by Jun Märkl: Orchestral Works, Volume 4; there followed a BIS disc of guitar […]
Rhythm Across Time – Bach: Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV1065, Concerto in C major for two harpsichords, BWV1061, Bertali, Geminiani, Handel, Festa, Piazzolla; The Wave Quartet, Academy of Ancient Music; Milton Court Concert Hall, BarbicanReviewed […]
What a treat – a coupling as effective as it is rare. Who would have thought Einojuhani Rautavaara and Bohuslav Martinů make such wonderful disc fellows? And yet, they do! Good to see Rautavaara again […]
Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Making It Festival returns from 8 to 26 June 2026: a three-week celebration of new, original work made by Guildhall School’s vibrant and multi-skilled community. The festival asks what […]
A dialogue between eras, an interior path, a musical reflection on the fragility of our aesthetic benchmarks: so promised Paris Conservatoire-trained pianist Nour Ayadi for this Scala Music release. This is Ayadi’s second album for […]
