Jess Gillam, Tom Fetherstonhaugh & Fantasia Orchestra in rehearsal (Photo: Fantasia Orchestra) In May last year I chatted conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh [see my interview] about Fantasia Orchestra which he founded way back in 2016 (when he […]
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 71, Moods, Op. 73, Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, transcriptions of Songs, Op. 41 – Alexander Ullmann – Rubicon Classics RCD 1129 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65, Op. 68, Op. 73 – Ziad Kreidy (historic piano) – Bandcamp Two […]
The Foundling Hospital chapel where Handel presented Messiah annually Cities change and cities develop. Which means that a festival that seeks to celebrate Handel in the city of his adoption constantly needs to reinvent itself. There are […]
Schubert with friends Johann Baptist Jenger & Anselm Huttenbrenner – Chalk drawing, 1827, by Josef Eduard Teltscher Schubert Weekend: Nikola Hillebrand, Julius Drake, Thomas Oliemans, Paolo Giacometti; Oxford International Song Festival at Holywell Music RoomReviewed […]
Ann Hallenberg, The Mozartists, Ian Page recording Gluck Arias (Photo: Ben Ealovega) Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg has a new album out. For Gluck Arias on Signum Classics, she joined forces with conductor Ian Page, with […]
Handel’s restored house in Brook Street Handel’s collection of art is known to have included works by Canaletto, Watteau and Poussin which he owned in his home at Brook Street. In a forthcoming concert at […]
Handel: Giustino – Esme Bronwen-Smith, Polly Leech, Kelly Fuge, Mireille Asselin, Benjamin Hulett (with bag over his head) – La Nuova Musica at Royal Opera House (Photo: Marc Brenner) Handel: Giustino; Polly Leech, Mireille Asselin, […]
Johannes Worms in the Gemäldegalerie – State Museums of Berlin (Photo: Jana Kiesser) The young German baritone Johannes Worms has been exploring the wider shores of song, presenting programmes that focus on playful explorations of queerness and […]
A new collaboration between Orpheus Sinfonia and the Scherzo Ensemble invites the audience to be part of Mozart’s memorial service, taking part by singing a hymn and surrounded on all sides by the musical and […]
Daniele Gatti, Berlin Philharmonic – Philharmonie, Berlin Webern: Langsamer Satz, Stravinsky: Symphony in C, Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond: Daniele Gatti; Philharmonie, BerlinReviewed by Tony Cooper on 9 October […]
