Leave aside for a moment the completeness of Igor Levit’s musicianship and consider the stamina and sheer physicality of a recital played without an interval – which, given his programme, would have been welcome – […]
Angela Hewitt’s recital brought together music variously conceived to entertain a royal patron, serve as a teaching manual, and consolidate youthful works which demonstrated a formidable keyboard technique. At some forty minutes Brahms’s Third Piano […]
Catalan composer Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) famously studied with Schoenberg (the only Spanish composer to do so). He also made his base in England for a while, so his neglect in this country seems incomprehensibe. The […]
London Oriana Choir and Dominic Ellis-Peckham London Oriana Choir, musical director Dominic Ellis-Peckham, celebrated its 50th anniversary last season, and they are continuing the excitement with a 2024/25 season full of good things. The season […]
This is Jakub Jósef Orliński’s sixth album for Erato, and his post follows on from Classical Explorer‘s recent musings on Orliński’s Gluck Orfeo, The group is once more Il Pomo d’Oro. So, why “Beyond”? Orliński […]
Tamsin Waley-Cohen performing at the Two Moors Festival in 2022 Founded in 2001, the Two Moors Festival takes place each October in venues across Dartmoor and Exmoor. This year’s festival runs from 3 to 13 […]
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Katherine Broderick, Oliver Johnston, Janis Kelly, Michel de Souza, Idunnu Münch, director: Harry Fehr, conductor: Chris Stark, Blackheath Halls Opera; Blackheath Halls Reviewed 24 September 2024 Professionals and non-professionals come together to […]
LSO Jerwood Composer+ supports early-career composers in planning and delivering two artistic projects, with two composers selected each year for a 15-month placement. Mentored by LSO staff, they are encouraged to develop entrepreneurial skills around programming […]
Peter Seabourne: Steps Vol 8: My Song in October, September, Just September; Karen Radcliffe, Michael Bell; Sheva ContemporaryReviewed 20 September 2024 A step in contemporary composer Peter Seabourne’s mammoth cycle of solo piano pieces, a touching […]
Jommelli – a celebration. Fflur Wyn (soprano); Ambroisine Bré (mezzo); Hugo Brady (tenor); The Mozartists / Ian Page (conductor). Wigmore Hall, 18.09.2024 Ricimero, re de’ Gato: Vidi il mar tutto in procella Ezio: Se il […]
