Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
We are all mesmerised by the return of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light to our TV screens, even though we know how it ends! Part of the atmosphere of the series is created […]
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Soprano Barbara Frittoli, pianist Caroline Dowdle & actor James Garnon in public masterclass at Marchmont House with Samling Artist Programme
Samling Masterclass at Marchmont House (Photo: Mark Pinder) On Saturday 30 November 2024, Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli, pianist Caroline Dowdle and actor James Garnon will guide eight rising stars from the Samling Artist Programme through […]
Share the Stage sees Royal Northern Sinfonia & Chorus perform Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with local amateur musicians from across the North East
People’s Requiem – Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Glasshouse, 2021 On Sunday 24 November 2024, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus will be sharing the stage with local amateur musicians from across the North East to perform […]
Sinfonia Smith Square’s Christmas Festival
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 […]
Au cimetièrère de Montmartre: baritone Julien Van Mellaerts & pianist Alphonse Cemin in an imaginative trawl through the denizens of a Paris cemetery
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 […]
Berliner Philharmoniker at Carnegie Hall – Kirill Petrenko conducts Rachmaninoff’s The Isle of the Dead & Dvořák 7, with Vilde Frang playing Korngold’s Violin Concerto
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 with Lidiya Yankovskaya and Emily Magee
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 […]
New York Philharmonic – John Adams conducts Pärt, Gabriella Smith, Copland and his own City Noir
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 […]
Glorious performances from Rhian Lois and Thomas Atkins lift ENO’s new production of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love
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 […]
Mozart from Khatia Buniatishvili and the ASMF
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 […]
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