Concertos for the Left Hand: Ravel, Korngold; Mathias Halvorsen, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Otto Tausk; Backlash MusicReviewed 22 January 2025 Two Paul Wittgenstein associated works, one known, one lesser-known, both receive towering performances that bring out […]
Manchester Camerata & Kantos explore space with the James Webb Space Telescope The Manchester Camerata will be giving a pair of concerts in its home, the Monastery in Gorton, Manchester [see my 2023 article about […]
Eyra Norman, Abhisri Chaudhuri, Nicky Spence The London Song Festival and Schubert Society have announced the winners of the 2024 London Song Festival Masterclass & Schubert Song Prize Competition. The 2024 Masterclass and Schubert Song […]
Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955) was a Russian-born French painter whose turbulent life often overshadowed his short career. Composer John Casken describes de Staël’s canvases as being as vibrant and vivid of any artist working at […]
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Philip Venables (Photo: ® Charl Marais) Philip Venables’ opera We are the lucky ones is being premiered by Dutch National Opera on 14 March 2025 in Amsterdam. The opera features a libretto by Nina Segal and […]
Deborah Roberts BREMF (Brighton Early Music Festival) is celebrating the life of its late artistic director (and co-founder) Deborah Roberts with a concert at St Martin’s Church, Brighton on 9 February 2025. Performers taking part […]
Johann Christoph Friedrich: Six Sonatas “für das Clavier mit Begleitung einer Flöte oder Violine”; Ashley Solomon, Jochewed Schwarz; Meridian RecordsReviewed 20 January 2025 With a poised fluidity and an imagination hovering between Baroque and Classical, […]
With the theme of Song, the Secret of Eternity, Leeds Lieder Festival returns from 5 to 12 April 2025 with a celebration of its 20th anniversary. Festival director Joseph Middleton describes it as “Our boldest […]
Fidelio Orchestra Founded in 2019 with the aim of creating opportunities for young musicians to get high standard orchestral experience and to collaborate with outstanding soloists, the the Fidelio Orchestra aims to bring together people […]
J.M.Synge’s Riders to the Sea at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin Ralph Vaughan Williams’ operatic masterpiece, Riders to the Sea, his 1927 one-act opera remains something of a neglected gem, to a certain extent because no-one […]
