Chanticleer Earlier this Summer, I had the delight of being part of a small audience at the Voces8 centre when the American male-voice ensemble, Chanticleer, music director Tim Keeler, recorded a concert for Live from […]
Edward Thomas by Frederick Henry Evansbromide print, circa 1904NPG P476 © National Portrait Gallery, London On 17 September 2024, St Martin-in-the-Fields opens its 2024/25 season with the London premiere of Alec Roth’s song cycle A […]
JAM on the Marsh – Aki Blendis with JAM Festival Orchestra, conductor Michael Bawtree Following sell-out performances from this year’s JAM on the Marsh festival, set in the mediaeval churches of Romney Marsh, Kent, from […]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Marcio da Silva, Joshua Furtado-Mendes – Ensemble OrQesta at Arcola Theatre’s Grimeborn Fesitval Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Marcio da Silva, Helen May, Oshri Segev, Hollie-Anne Clark, […]
Paul Mann British conductor Paul Mann is the principal guest conductor of Lviv National Philharmonic (based in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine) and has a significant discography with Toccata Classics recording undeservedly forgotten […]
Bizet: Carmen – Rihab Chaieb, Evan LeRoy Johnson, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anja Bihlmaier – Glyndebourne Festival at BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Bizet: Carmen; Rihab Chaied, Evan LeRoy Johnson, Lukasz Goliński, Janai […]
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Dvorák: Piano Concerto – Mao Fujita, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hruša – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Vítězslava Kaprálová: Military Sinfonietta, Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Mao […]
In April this year, Graham Ross directed the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in a performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 at Smith Square Hall (formerly St John’s Smith Square). The performance featured the English […]
Dvorák: Cello Concerto – Anastasia Kobekina, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hruša – BBC Proms (Photo: BBC/Andy Paradise ) Dvořák: Cello Concerto, Suk: Asrael Symphony; Anastasia Kobekina, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Jakub Hrůša; BBC Proms at the […]
Arthur Bliss: Works for Brass Band; Black Dyke Band, John Wilson; ChandosMalcolm Arnold: Music for Brass Band; Foden’s Band, Choir of Chetham’s School of Music, Michael Fowles; BeckusReviewed 24 August 2024 Two discs focussing on […]
