Bellini La strraniera (concert performance) Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of Chelsea Opera Group /. Stephen Barlow (conductor) Cadogan Hall, London, 01.06.2025 Cast: Alaide (La straniera) – Heena Dix Valdeburgo – Dan D’Souza Isoletta – […]
Mozart, Tchaikovsky Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. Wigmore Hall, 1pm, 01.06.2025 Mozart String Quartet No. 14 in G, K 387 (1782) Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 (1874) The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam comprises Judith […]
Aziz Shokhakimov’s continuing success with the Strasbourg orchestra is exemplified in this recording. Good timing, too, given the Ravel celebrations this year. Recently, we covered a live performance in Strasbourg of Stravinsky’s Rite could with […]
This is core repertoire, so it needs to be special. It is. For his ninth recording with Decca (he signed in 2011, when he became the youngest British musician and the first British pianist in over sixty […]
Edmund Meisel (arr. Morton) Battleship Potemkin Last year, Music in the Round celebrated 40 years, and included a performance of the film L’assassinat du duc de Guise with live music. This year upped the ante, […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (II) Mother Goose Ensemble 360. Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield, 18.05.2025 Ravel Mother Goose Suite (1908/11,arr. Farrington) Farrenc Sextet in C minor, Op. 40 (1851/2) Duruflé Prélude récitaif et variations Op. 3 (1928) […]
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival (1) The Nostalgic Utopian Future Distance Ensemble 360 Firth Hall, University of Sheffield, 18.05.2025 Saariaho Petals (1988) Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double (1984) Nono La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura (1988/9) Ensemble 360 celebrates […]
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (1843) Mandy Friedrich (The Péri); Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor); Agata Schmidt (alto); Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone); Clara Guilon (the young girl); Victoire Bunel (the angel); Julien Clément (Gazna); Lancelot […]
Editorial by Hana Gubenko Not rarely one hears Those above; the government, the media, the educated, the rich, the refugees, the powerful and powerless, the doctors, teachers, bankers, the unvaccinated, criminals, transgender and transphobes, […]
Marc-Antoine Charpentier David et Jonathas Cast; Ballet de l’Opéra oyal; Margeuerite Louise Choir and Orchestra / Gaéran Jarry. Chapel Royal, Château de Versailles, France, 16.05.2025 Production: Director – Mashall Pynkoski Choreography – Jeannette-Lajeunesse Zingg Sets […]
