There was no closure here: four Irish women composers give voice to women of the Magdalene Laundries in remarkable performances from Lotte Betts-Dean & Deirdre Brenner in Oxford
The Magdalene Songs – Deirdre Brenner, Lotte Betts-Dean – Oxford International Song Festival (Photo: TallWall Media) The Magdalene Songs: Elaine Agnew, Elaine Brennan, Rhona Clarke, Deirdre McKay; Lotte Betts-Dean, Deirdre Brenner; Oxford International Song Festival […]
Lyric beauty & great storytelling: Young Artists tenor Hugo Brady & pianist Mark Rogers in Moore’s Melodies at Oxford International Song Festival
Mark Rogers, Hugo Brady – Oxford International Song Festival (Photo: TallWall Media) Moore’s Melodies: traditional, Stanford, Ina Boyle, Schumann, Duparc, Barber, Britten, Johnny Patterson; Hugo Brady, Mark Rogers; Oxford International Song Festival at the Holywell […]
Elisabeth Leonskaja returns in Beethoven
We met Elisabeth Leonskaja in Grieg and Schumann with another Michael, Michael Sanderling, previously in the time-honoured coupling of Grieg and Schumann Concertos here. On the new disc, it is Michael Schønwandt who conducts the […]
Baba Yaga: Songs and Dances of Death: mezzo-soprano Rowan Hellier pushes boundaries with a music theatre piece exploring the figure from Slavic folklore
Baba Yaga: Songs & Dances of Death – Sholto Kynoch, Ana Dordevic, Carola Schwab, Rowan Hellier – Oxford International Song Festival (Photo: TallWall Media) Baba Yaga: Songs and Dances of Death – Elena Langer, Mussorgsky, […]
Focus on Shostakovich: tenor Oliver Johnston’s fearlessness & challenge, plus speaker Philip Ross Bullock in engaging form at the Oxford International Song Festival
Oliver Johnston Britten: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Shostakovich: Six romances on texts by Japanese poets, Elena Langer: Two Mandelstam Songs, Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Oliver Johnston, Natalie BurchShostakovich: A life in Song: Philip Ross Bullock, […]


