The evening began with an engrossing account of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in G-minor, powerful on a modern piano, especially as interpreted by Hewitt on her brilliantly toned, four-pedal Fazioli. She played throughout with crystalline articulation and […]
Under the title of Dream Differently, Manchester International Festival is taking over Aviva Studios and spreading across the city from 3 to 20 July 2025 with a wide selection of boundary pushing art and culture. Director and […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "The opening work of the Aldeburgh Festival’s 76th edition fell to Colin Matthews’ A Visit to Friends, the composer’s first foray into opera.")
Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends – Lotte Betts-Dean, Marcus Farnsworth – Aldeburgh Festival (Photo: Richard Hubert Smith) Colin Matthews: A Visit to Friends; Lotte Betts-Dean, Susanna Hurrell, Marcus Farnsworth, Edward Hawkins, Gary Matthewman, director […]
Have ever seen an operatic performance and wondered about a character’s backstory and what drives them? Tenor Anthony Flaum founded Prologue Opera to answer such questions. Based in Sussex, the company believes opera, as an artform, […]
Side-By-Side – Brixton Chamber Orchestra & Lambeth school children, conductor Matthew O’Keeffe – Church of St John the Divine, Kennington On Friday 13 June 2025 at the Church of St John the Divine in Kennington, […]
Like its operatic sibling The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is so perfectly formed a comedy that it almost directs itself and a good performance is virtually guaranteed. But such is its […]
.jpeg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "A sonic portrait of British Jewish families: composer Na'ama Zisser on the JMI Archive")
Tai Rona at the launch event for the JMI Archive at Stone Nest The Jewish Music Institute (JMI) is the UK’s home for Jewish music and for decades as part of its Archive, JMI has […]
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas – Joshua Saunders as Aeneas with the Witches – Guildhall School (Photo: David Monteith-Hodge) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Julia Merino, Karima El Demerdasch, Manon Ogwen Parry, Joshua Saunders, director: Oliver Platt, […]
Enchantresses Sandrine Piau (soprano); Les Paladins / Jérome Correas (director, harpsichord). Wigmore Hall, 10.06.2025 Handel Ariodante: Overture; March. Lotario: Scherza in mar. Giulio Cesare in Egitto: E pur cosi in un giorno … Piangerò […]
Stevens & Pound – Delia Stevens and Will Pound On 21 June 2025 at Stromness Town Hall as part of the St Magnus Festival, the duo Stevens & Pound present Ascending – a cross-genre concert full […]
