Britten Sinfonia with sitarist Anoushka Shankar and percussionist Manu Delago at Barbican Hall, 2022 (Photo: Mark Allan The Britten Sinfonia’s 2024/25 season launches on 8 October with a trio of concerts (at the Barbican, and […]
Food historians Marc Meltonville and Robert Hoare Two intriguing aspects of Georgian life are being examined this month as the Handel Hendrix House is bringing Georgian food demonstrations to Handel’s kitchen, whilst at the Foundling […]
Brahms, Saint-Saens, Wolf, Schoenberg, Stenhammar, Rebecca Clarke, Hugh Wood, Weill, Britten, Jake Heggie; Laurence Kilsby, Ella O’Neill; Wigmore HallReviewed 15 September 2024 With a a remarkable combination of confidence and style, the young duo filled […]
Garsington’s Midsummer Magic at the Proms For its first outing to the Henry Wood Proms, Garsington Opera brought with it not only the luxury vehicle of the Phlharmonia Orchestra, but a crack team of soloists – […]
Gazzaniga: Alcina’s Island – Inna Husieva – Bampton Classical Opera (Photo: Anthony Hall/Bampton Classical Opera) Gazzaniga: L’Isole d’Alcina (Alcina’s Island); Inna Husieva, Sarah Chae, Charlotte Badham, Dafydd Allen, Monwabisi Lindi, Jonathan Eyers, Magnus Walker, Owain […]
Director and writer Leo Doulton has quite a varied practice, he is the marketing director of Tête à Tête, whilst as a writer he has a particular interest in interactive theatre and we caught We […]
In response to Patricia Kopatchinskaja stunning Schonberg Concerto earlier this week at the Proms, we republish a report on a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall: Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s programming is always stimulating, but as she […]
PROM 67 Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg, Shostakovich Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 09.09.2024 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (1934) Schoenberg Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1935/6) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in […]
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Greg Beardsell and National Youth Choir [Photo: Belinda Lawley] It is all change at the National Youth Choir as three principal conductors reach the end of their five-year contracts and will be finishing in their […]
Bayreuth Baroque Gala Concert: Bruno de Sá; Il Pomo d’Oro / Alfia Bakieva (violin / director). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuh, 06.09.2024 Handel Gloria in Excelsis Deo, HWV deest (1706/07?) Vivaldi In furoe iusissimae irae, RV 626 (1720s) Handel Aci, […]
%20BBC%20Betsan%20Evans.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Innovative repertoire, worthy winners & talent development: looking back at the final of BBC Young Musician")
