Sinfonia Smith Square’s Christmas Festival It’s had a bit of a name change, but the Christmas Festival is returning to Smith Square this December for a programme of seasonal specials and favourites, with concerts from […]
Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris (Photo: Wikipedia) Au cimetièrère de Montmartre: Schumann, Berlioz, Lili Boulanger, Poulenc, Yvette Guibert, Charles Trenet; Julien Van Mellaerts, Alphonse Cemin; Wigmore HallReviewed 17 November 2024 An imaginative trawl through the […]
Two years after the Berliner Philharmoniker’s last visit to Carnegie Hall, the orchestra was back with Kirill Petrenko, opening with a rivetingaccount of The Isle of the Dead, Rachmaninoff’s tone poem inspired by a black […]
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New World Symphony Veterans Day Concert: A World War II Journey – Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall (Photo: Alex Markow, courtesy of New World Symphony) New World Symphony Veterans Day Concert: A World War II […]
Returning to the Philharmonic for the first time in 20 years, John Adams led a thoughtfully curated program devoted largely to celebrating American rural and urban scapes. Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, mourning the […]
Donizetti: The Elixir of Love – Brandon Cedel, Bridget Lappin – English National Opera, 2024 (Photo: Marc Brenner) Donizetti: The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore); Brandon Cedel, Rhian Lois, Thomas Atkins, Dan D’Souza, director: Harry […]
As rumours of Khatia Buniatishvili’s retirement circulate (while she is due to perform in London with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields), Sony has released this recording of Mozart Concertos, Nos. 20 & 23 (plus the […]
Released on September 6, NMC Recordings album of music by Imogen Holst also celebrates 35 years of this wonderful label, The BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers excel throughout under Alice Farnham. Dating from 1929, […]
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Queen Elizbeth HallReviewed 13 November 2024 The Brandenburg Concertos complete, vivid, vibrant and sometimes a little raw, the sheer energy, enthusiasm and technical nous really carrying […]
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Roxanna Panufnik, Gavin Bryars, Errollyn Wallen at the Ivors Classicxal Awards, BFI Southbank, London (Photo: Hogan Media – Shutterstock) On Tuesday 12 November, The Ivors Academy honoured eleven composers with Ivor Novello Awards at the […]
