PROM 16: Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich. Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.07.2024 Cassandra Miller I cannot love without trembling (Viola Concerto, 2023) Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C […]
Florence Price 1887-1953) and Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) were contemporaries in 1930s and 1940s Chicago. This is major release in the continued appreciation of their music. Both composers deserve as much airtime as possible. As to […]
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In Harmony Liverpool’s 13 Birthday Concert 2022 (Photo: Mark McNulty) Liverpool Philharmonic has announced a new partnership between the British Double Reed Society and their flagship learning and engagement programme, In Harmony Liverpool. The partnership […]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) and music director Kazuki Yamada will fill Birmingham with music this August, when the orchestra presents a week of free performances in public […]
Hans von Bronsart’s Concerto in F sharp minor did not enjoy the same public acclaim, although it is rousing, intimate and electrifying in turns. The richness of its orchestration is matched by an uncommonly brilliant […]
Andrew Earis and St Martin’s Voices at church of St Martin in the Fields The 2024/25 season at St Martin in the Fields opens with a more intimate recital in the crypt when tenor Mark […]
.jpg?w=510&resize=510,510&ssl=1 "From Baroque ensemble & string quartet to composer & collaborative pianists: The City Music Foundation introduces its 2024 CMF Artists")
The City Music Foundation’s 2024 CMF Artists (Photo: Benjamin Ealovega) The City Music Foundation (CMF) has announced its latest cohort of artists, its 11th intake. The 2024 CMF Artists are Aleksandra Myslek (collaborative piano), Duo Melus […]
Rossini: The Barber of Seville; Dominic Sedgwick, Nico Darmanin, Katie Bray, Grant Doyle, Trevor Eliot Bowes, director: Victoria Newlyn, conductor: Matthew Kofi Waldren; West Green House OperaReviewed 28 July 2024 Performing the piece with real engagement […]
CBS/Columbia/Epic in the 50s and 60s. I won’t even try to unravel that nest of labels and subsidiaries here, or the reasoning behind such complexity of such arrangements in the first place. But SONY owns […]
Matthew O’Keeffe and Brixton Chamber Orchestra in action at Love Clapham Park Fun Day Brixton Chamber Orchestra, musical director Matthew O’Keeffe is coming to the end of its 2024 Summer Estates tour, appearing in community […]
