Asmik Grigorian at Wigmore Hall
Asmik Grigorian and Lukas Geniušas at Wigmore Hall The Wigmore Hall’s 125th Anniversary Festival is shaping up well: in one day, the venue offered Jordi Savall at lunchtime and Asmik Grigorian in the evening, both […]
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Late Romantic: Richard Strauss & Erich Korngold violin sonatas at Conway Hall with my pre-concert talk.
Richard Strauss & his father, FranzPhotographed in 1901 On Sunday 31 May 2026, Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego and pianist Alessandro Taverna, who came to international prominence at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009, make […]
Dowland 400 celebrations in Norwich
Performers at the Dowland 400 festival in Norwich This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of John Dowland. Numerous concerts, festivals and special projects are being held throughout the country to commemorate his […]
Fantasy & Fairytales, a return of the Opera Festival & The Rain Show: a busy year for Tête à Tête
Launched in 2007, Tête à Tête will be 30 next year! But this year the company shows no sign of slacking. From 3 to 6 July the latest chapter in their longstanding partnership with the […]
%20with%20a%20young%20performer%20from%20StAMP%20(Photo%20Neil%20Hanna)%202.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Donnerstags-Abschied: 2026 East Neuk Festival plans tribute to the late John Wallace with a work he wanted to bring to the festival but never achieved")
Donnerstags-Abschied: 2026 East Neuk Festival plans tribute to the late John Wallace with a work he wanted to bring to the festival but never achieved
John Wallace in rehearsals for ThunderPlump (East Neuk Festival Big Project 2022) with a young performer from StAMP (Photo: Neil Hanna) The trumpeter John Wallace, who died in January this year, was born in Fife […]
A mix of melodrama & sentiment, yet unashamedly enjoyable: Opera Holland Park open the season in terrific form with Puccini’s La fancuilla del West
Puccini: La fanciulla de West – José de Eça, Robert Hayward – Opera Holland Park, 2026 (Photo: Craig Fuller) Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Amanda Echalaz, José de Eça, Robert Hayward, Zwakele Tshabalala, Alaric Green, […]
Sonate a quattro: Ensemble Diderot
When is a sonata for four not a sonata for four? in the Baroque, of course, where Trio Sonatas are similarly à 4 (cos continuo). Here is a sequence of Sonate a quattro, brilliantly performed […]
Thomas Adès as Principal Guest Conductor, Sir James MacMillan as Featured Composer: The Hallé Orchestra & Kahchun Wong’s 2026/27 season
The Hallé Orchestra’s 2026/27 season has a striking focus on contemporary music as well as celebrating both Kahchun Wong’s third season as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor and Conductor Emeritus Sir Mark Elder’s 80th birthday. […]
A shared encounter between contemporary music & art: Alex Mills’s debut album Look How Brightly has a physical manifestation as an exhibition
Susan Rocklin: Realm – featured in Look How Brightly at Apsara Studio Composer Alex Mills‘s Look How Brightly is his debut album on Delphian, presenting a body of work shaped over a decade, bringing together ten of his […]
A couple of memorable concerts in this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival were delivered by the Britten Sinfonia and Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.
Britten: Les Illuminations – Elizabeth Watts & Britten Sinfonia at Kings Place, London (Photo: Shoël Stadlen) Britten: Young Apollo, Bowles: Six Piano Preludes, Copland: Clarinet Concerto, Britten: Les Illuminations, Copland: Appalachian Spring; Oleg Shebeta-Dragan (clarinet), […]
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.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "By turns illuminating & compelling: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on terrific form in Britten & Vaughan Williams at the BBC Proms")
