le vase brisé: Hahn, Augusta Holmès, Liszt, Duparc, Lili Boulanger, Sir Paulo Tosti, Clemence de Grandval, Pauline Viardot, Bellini; Thomas Elwin, Lana Bode; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 26 February 2025 A debut recital that combines an imaginative […]
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen in rehearsal – 2024 (Photo: Johnny Millar) Harry Christophers and The Sixteen embark on their 25th Choral Pilgrimage, Angel of Peace, this month. Starting in Croydon Minster on Monday 17 […]
Mozart: The Magic Flute – Matthew Kellett – Charles Court Opera (Photo: Bill Knight) Mozart: The Magic Flute; Matthew Kellett, Alison Langer, Martins Smaukstelis, Peter Lidbetter, Eleri Gwilym, director: John Savournin/James Hurley, music director: David […]
David Butt Philip, Alison Langer, St Paul’s Opera chorus at the David Butt Philip & Friends gala in 2024St Paul’s Church (Photo: Craig Fuller Photography) My local opera company, St Paul’s Opera will be welcoming […]
The German YMCA in London has a lively programme of events including regular music related talks and performances, and their March programme includes a recital from violinist Madeleine Mitchell and pianist Nigel Clayton. As part […]
Bringing music and the arts to the three most northerly Yorkshire Dales notably Swaledale, Wensleydale and Arkengarthdale, the Swaledale Festival comes round in May. Under the patronage of writer, lecturer and arts advocate Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason […]
The Berlin Singakademie building, designed by Carl Theodor Ottmer, 1825-1827, now Maxim Gorki Theaterpainting by Eduard Gaertner, 1843 Bach: St Matthew Passion; Nicholas Mulroy, Ashley Riches, Julia Doyle, Helen Charlston, Samuel Boden, Michael Mofidian, Choir […]
Title page of Anna Magdalena Bach’s manuscript: Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, Cello Suite No. 6 in D […]
Ada Witczyk performing music from the 2023 Růžičková Composition Competition Violinist Ada Witczyk‘s new album, New Baroque – Sonatas on First Hand Records, features new sonatas for baroque violins and harpsichord, the six winning works […]
St Nicholas Church, LeipzigWhere Bach’s St John Passion first performed Bach: St John Passion (1725); Solomon’s Knot; Wigmore HallReviewed 26 February 2025 Sung from memory with remarkable emotional directness, at times this was close to […]
