Chelys Consort of Viols, one of 27 groups awarded grants in the Continuo Foundation’s eighth round The Continuo Foundation has just announced its eighth round of grants, with £100,000 going to 27 early music ensembles […]
Puccini: Il tabarro – Yvonne Howard, Natalya Romaniw – Welsh National Opera (Photo: Craig Fuller) Puccini: Il trittico, Dario Solari, Natalya Romaniw, Andrés Presno, Anne Mason, Haegee Lee, Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, director David McVicar/Greg Eldridge, […]
Nordic Soundscapes: Sigfúsdóttir, Grieg, Sibelius Stephen Hough (piano); Johanna Eusanen (soprano); Tommi Hakala (baritone); YL Male Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Mathias Rouvali (conductor). Royal Festival Hall, London, 26.09.2024 María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir Oceans (2018, London […]
This disc mysteriously showed up in my mailbox one day. I didn’t order it; and no one had contacted me about sending a promo copy. Not really interested in it, I laid it aside and […]
From the desk of PR2 agency in Dresden, Germany: Dresden receives federal funding for the construction of a Richard Wagner Academy and the establishment of an international center of excellence for Romantic orchestral and opera […]
Alexander Schubert: Steady State – world premiere 7 May 2024 – Zubin Kanga at National Concert Hall, Dublin (Photo: Roisin Murphy O’Sullivan) Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga is known for both his championing of […]
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Akseli Gallen-Kallela: Kullervo Sets Off for War(Mural, 1901, in the Old Student House, Helsinki University) Sigfúsdóttir: Oceans, Grieg: Piano Concerto; Sibelius: Kullervo; Stephen Hough, Johanna Rusanen, Tommi Hakala, Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat (YL) Male Voice Choir, Philharmonia, […]
Chopin, Schumann Lucas Debargue (piano); Insula Orchestra / Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Auditorium Patrick Devedjian, La Seine Musicale, Paris, 24.09.2024 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (1830) Schumann Symphony No. 4 in […]
Dorset Garden Theatre in 1673 where Purcell’s The Fairy Queen premiered Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Antonia Christophers, Matthew Brook, Robin Blaze, Katy Hill, Alexandra Kidgell, Charlotte Mobbs, Mark Dobell, Oscar Golden Lee,, Ben Davies, The Sixteen, […]
In recent years Sakari Oramo has established himself as a Mahlerian of distinction and tonight’s realisation proved a quietly audacious mix of trends old and new. Not that there was much attempt to emulate the […]
