Thomas Elwin as Nemorino in Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love with Wild Arts in 2023 (Photo: Bonnie Britain) Tenor Thomas Elwin is hosting a concert in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. For Thomas Elwin & Friends at the […]
Graham Sutherland: The Crucifixion – St Matthew’s Church, Northampton Edmund Finnis, Allegri, Barber, Victoria, James MacMillan; Tenebrae, Britten Sinfonia, cond: Nigel Short; Snape Maltings Concert Hall, SuffolkReviewed by Tony Cooper, 2 April 2026 The Maundy […]
I was drawn to this disc for one reason. Joseph Phibbs. Seeing that he wrote a new work enticed me into acquiring this release from Toccata Classics. In all honesty, I wouldn’t have been terribly […]
Bach: St Matthew Passion – Alex Rosen (Jesus), Nick Pritchard (Evangelist), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen at Barbican Hall (Photo: Ed Maitland Smith) Bach: St Matthew Passion; Nick Pritchard, Alex Rosen, Carolyn Sampson, Hugh Cutting, Hugo Hymas, […]
Rigoletto Music: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Cast: Rigoletto – Leonardo Lee; Gilda – Mei Gui Zhang; Duke of Mantua – Andrei Danilov; Sparafucile – Alexander Tsymbalyuk; Maddalena – Victoria Karkacheva; Count Monterone – […]
Alex Paxton: Candyfolk Spacedrum: Alex Paxton, Jennifer Walshe, Riot Ensemble, Dreammusics Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Belham Primary School, David Ingamells, Jennifer Walshe; Jonah RecordsReviewed 25 March 2026 A sonic extravaganza where Paxton demonstrates not only his […]
Donizetti: La fille du regiment – Young Artists of the National Opera Studio Act Four: Rossini, Lortzing, Stravinsky, Britten, Berlioz, Cilea, Donizetti; Young Artists of the National Opera Studio, director: Ruth Knight, conductor: Andrew Griffiths; […]
Devon Glover “If music be the food of love” then take me to the Shakespeare in Music Festival (SIM) in Stratford-upon-Avon from 20 to 23 April. The SIM Festival is rapidly becoming the “go to” […]
Mozart: Don Giovanni – Ensemble OrQuesta at 2025 Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre (Photo: Julian Guidera) The Grimeborn Festival is back at the Arcola Theatre this summer from 15 July to 5 September with its usual […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "Warm hearted & with a twinkle in his eye: The Brook Street Band bring out the sense of enjoyment in the violin sonatas of Ipswich-based Joseph Gibbs")
Joseph Gibbs: 8 Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 1; The Brook Street Band; First Hand Records Warm and characterful music that deserves to be better known. Provincial in fact but not in reputation, the […]
