Arthur Pryor, Gordon Langford, Phoebe Palmer Knapp, Erik William Gustav Leidzén, George Bassman, Simon Dobson, Philip Sparke; Peter Moore, Tredegar Band, Ian Porthouse; Chandos RecordsReviewed 28 March 2025 Trombonist Peter Moore joins forces with Tredegar […]
Hildur Guðnadóttir in Concert Hildur Guðnadóttir (trench cello); London Contemporary Orchestra / Robert Ames (conductor). Guðnadóttir Tár. Without Sinking: Opaque. Saman: Liður. Chernobyl: Vichnaya Pamyat. Fólk Faer Andlit. A Haunting in Venice: Confession. Music from Joker […]
Fotina Naumenko and the performers on Bespoke Songs Fotina Naumenko is an American soprano of Russian heritage. Her album Bespoke Songs on New Focus Recordings was nominated for a 2025 Grammy for Best Classical Solo […]
Mozart La finta giardiniera (concert performance, Bärenreiter edition, ed. Angemüller/Berke). Soloists; The Mozartists / Ian Page. Cadogan Hall, 25.03.2025 Sandrina Ava Dodd Don Anchise Michael Ball Count Belfiore Hugo Brady Arminda Camilla Harris […]
With the 2025 London Handel Festival in full swing, it is presenting a new staged double bill, Tales of Apollo and Hercules. Directed by Tom Guthrie, with David Bates conducting La Nuova Musica, plus New English […]
Wagner: Die Walküre – Sarah Wegener, Maximilian Schmitt, Åsa Jäger – Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Photo: Oliver Killig) The prospect of varied events to treasure in Dresden as the Dresdner Musikfestspiele’s (Dresden Music Festival) historically informed Ring […]
Insula Orchestra, accentus and Laurence Equilbey together with director Anotonin Baudry have created Beethoven Wars: a Manga-inspired immersive experience showcasing in music lesser-known but inspired Beethoven. Here’s the teaser (which shows Insula’s home, La Seine […]
Richard Strauss: Elektra – Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2015 (Photo: Bettina Stöß) Richard Strauss: Elektra, Intermezzo; Doris Soffel, Elena Pankratova, Camilla Nylund, Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductors: Thomas Søndergard, Donald Runnicles, directors: Tobias Kratzer, Kirsten HarmsReviewed […]
Conway Hall Conway Hall’s Sunday Concerts, a concert series established in 1887 and still going strong, remains something of a hidden gem dating from 1929. Weekly classical chamber music at affordable prices in a remarkable […]
Richard Strauss: Arabella – Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2023 (Photo: Thomas Aurin) Richard Strauss: Arabella; Jennifer Davis, Heidi Stober, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Hye-Young Moon, Doris Soffel, Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductor: Donald Runnicles, director: Tobias KratzerReviewed by […]
