Benjamin Grosvenor’s Chopin
This is core repertoire, so it needs to be special. It is. For his ninth recording with Decca (he signed in 2011, when he became the youngest British musician and the first British pianist in over sixty […]
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Something memorable: Jacqueline Stucker, David Bates & La Nuova Musica in Handel’s Alcina & Rodelinda, plus Telemann at Wigmore Hall
Jacqueline Stucker History’s Lovers: Telemann: Overture-Suite: Burlesque de Quixotte, Handel: arias from Alcina, & Rodelinda, Concerto Grosso in F op. 6 No. 9, Telemann: aria from Orpheus; Jacqueline Stucker, La Nuova Musica, David Bates; Wigmore HallReviewed 28 […]
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Impressive debuts: Opera Holland Park’s first Wagner opera, Der fliegende Holländer is something of a triumph
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer – Eleanor Dennis, Paul Carey Jones – Opera Holland Park (Photo: Ali Wright) Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer; Paul Carey Jones, Eleanor Dennis, Robert Winslade Anderson, Neal Cooper, Angharad Lyddon, Colin Judson, […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival III: Battleship Potemkin, & something more relaxed
Edmund Meisel (arr. Morton) Battleship Potemkin Last year, Music in the Round celebrated 40 years, and included a performance of the film L’assassinat du duc de Guise with live music. This year upped the ante, […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival II: Ravel, Farrenc, Duruflé, Schumann
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (II) Mother Goose Ensemble 360. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 18.05.2025 Ravel Mother Goose Suite (1908/11,arr. Farrington) Farrenc Sextet in C minor, Op. 40 (1851/2) Duruflé Prélude récitaif et variations Op. 3 (1928) […]
Hull Urban Opera gets up close & personal, Emma Wheeler & Anna Appleby bring together two musical worlds: Tête à Tête takes the opera festival to Newcastle
This year Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival not only returns for its 18th edition, but is expanding and there with performances in Newcastle and London. Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival is at Alphabetti Theatre in […]
Evgeny Kissin, Gidon Kremer, Maxim Rysanov & Gautier Capuçon at Carnegie Hall – Shostakovich Sonatas
Shostakovich composed a single Sonata for each principal string instrument. ln the second of three Carnegie Hall concerts commemorating the 50th-anniversary of the composer’s death, Evgeny Kissin welcomed distinguished colleagues to perform them. The chronologically […]
William Morris: Chants for Socialists
Until a friend gave me a leaflet for Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir’s event, William Morris: Chants for Socialists, I had been completely unaware that William Morris, along with designing, writing and political activism, wrote music […]
Bonis, Dyson & Brahms: Madeleine Mitchell and friends at Leighton House
Madeleine Mitchell violin, Julian Milford piano, Kirsten Jenson cello at Leighton House The trio of Madeleine Mitchell violin, Julian Milford piano, Kirsten Jenson cello are returning to Leighton House on Tuesday 24 June 2025 for a […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (1): Saariaho, Boulez, Nono
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (1) The Nostalgic Utopian Future Distance Ensemble 360 Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, 18.05.2025 Saariaho Petals (1988) Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double (1984) Nono La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988/9) Ensemble 360 celebrates […]
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