Chameleon who changes colour very quietly & without attention: pianist/composer Belle Chen on her personal journey through her music
Belle Chen [Photo: Harry Cornish] London-based Taiwanese-Australian pianist and composer Belle Chen had commercial and critical success with her 2024 album Ravel In The Forest and in August released the single Rise on the Platoon label. Following […]
Here comes the 1980s: powerful solo contributions rescue Opera North’s misguided updating of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin,Act Two, scene one – John Brancy as Eugene Onegin, Caspar Singh as Lensky & chorus – Opera North [Photo: James Glossop] Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; John Brancy, Verity Wingate, Caspar Singh, Jingwen Cai, director: […]
The music of C. P. E. Bach at Wigmore Hall
C. P. E. Bach Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord); Aapo Häkkinen (fortepiano; harpsichord/director); Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. Wigmore Hall, 730 pm, 19.10.2026 Symphony in F, Wq 175 (1755). Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, Wq 15 (1745-7). Symphony in […]
Do try & catch it! Femi Elufowoju jr’s intelligent yet imaginatively accessible production of Verdi’s Rigoletto returns to Opera North
Verdi: Rigoletto – Themba Mvula, Ross McInroy, Thomas Elwin & ensemble – Opera North, 2026 [Photo: Richard H Smith] Verdi: Rigoletto; Leonardo Sánchez, Blake Denson, Raven McMillon, dir: Femi Elufowoju jr, cond: Patrick Lange; Opera North at […]
NOVO Quartet does it again at Wigmore Hall
Mendelssohn, Nielsen NOVO Quartet. Wigmore Hall, 1 pm, 19.10.2026 Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Nielsen String Quartet in F minor, Op. 5 (1890) The Danish NOVO Quartet is a […]
