Trio Bohémo Formed in 2019 by three Czech musicians, Matouš Pěruška (violin), Kristina Vocetková (cello) and Jan Vojtek (piano), Trio Bohémo released their debut disc on Supraphon in August 2024, featuring Schubert’s great E flat […]
Alma Mahler remains a fascinating figure. Musically active as a composer, albeit for a relatively short time, her life has been rather overshadowed by her relationships. She married the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter […]
Philip Glass: Akhnaten – English National Opera, 2016 (Photo: © Richard Hubert Smith) Philip Glass: Glassworks plus excerpts from Satyagraha, Akhnaten and The Photographer; Lisa Bielawa, Peter Hess. Mick Ross, Sam Sadigursky, Andrew Sterman, Philip […]
The mediaeval mystic, Margery Kempe (ca.1373-1448) is a fascinating figure. She freed herself from the restraint of marriage and embarked on pilgrimages to sacred sites in Europe and the Middle East, dressed usually in white. […]
Basilica of Santa Barbara at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantuawhere Monteverdi was working when he wrote his Vespers of 1610 Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; Temple Music Foundation at Temple ChurchReviewed 8 […]
BBC Singers and National Youth Voices with Nicholas Chalmers at the BBC Singers’ Centenary Concert, October 2024 The BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir have announced a three-year partnership between the two organisations to […]
In 19th century Japan, a young Frenchman travels to Japan to learn about the secrets of silk production. While visiting a rich man, he observes a young girl with her eyes closed. She suddenly opens […]
Une messe imaginaire: Bruckner, Martin; Spirito, Jeune choeur symphonique, Nicole Corti; NoMadMusicReviewed 7 October 2024 Magical moments as the French choir Spirito joins forces with its youth choir for a programme of Bruckner motes and […]
Walking with Dinosaurs – Diplodocus-and-Stegosaurus – SOURCE BBC More than two decades since the first episode of the iconic series, the award-winning soundtrack of Walking With Dinosaurs has been released to celebrate the 25th anniversary […]
Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert – English Touring Opera Do not take my story for a fairytale, Judith Weir: Blond Eckbert; Abigail Kelly, Amy J Payne, Matthew McKinney, Mark Nathan, Aoife Miskelly, Flor McIntosh, William Morgan, […]
