Director and writer Leo Doulton has quite a varied practice, he is the marketing director of Tête à Tête, whilst as a writer he has a particular interest in interactive theatre and we caught We […]
In response to Patricia Kopatchinskaja stunning Schonberg Concerto earlier this week at the Proms, we republish a report on a concert at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall: Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s programming is always stimulating, but as she […]
PROM 67 Vaughan Williams, Schoenberg, Shostakovich Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Tarmo Peltokoski (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 09.09.2024 Vaughan Williams Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ (1934) Schoenberg Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1935/6) Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in […]
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Greg Beardsell and National Youth Choir [Photo: Belinda Lawley] It is all change at the National Youth Choir as three principal conductors reach the end of their five-year contracts and will be finishing in their […]
Bayreuth Baroque Gala Concert: Bruno de Sá; Il Pomo d’Oro / Alfia Bakieva (violin / director). Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuh, 06.09.2024 Handel Gloria in Excelsis Deo, HWV deest (1706/07?) Vivaldi In furoe iusissimae irae, RV 626 (1720s) Handel Aci, […]
Later this month violinist Jorge Jiménez and his ensemble Tercia Realidad are releasing their disc, Farinelli’s Violin on Pan Classics. The disc features arias writtens for the castrato Farinelli in new versions where it is […]
Alastair White: #CAPITAL Wikipedia defines the Metaverse as ‘a loosely defined term referring to virtual worlds in which users represented by avatars interact, usually in 3D and focused on social and economic connection.The term metaverse […]
If You Died, Who Would You Choose To Haunt? Manchester-based composer and songwriter Anna Appleby‘s work includes a chamber opera-ballet Citizens of Nowhere in 2016/17, an opera, Drought in 2022, for the BBC Philharmonic and […]
Orlande de Lassus and the Bavarian court musicians, circa 1563-70 by Hans Mielich (1516-1573) Masters of Imitation: Lassus, Casulana, Josquin, Châtelet, Bob Chilcott; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; Old Royal Naval College Chapel, GreenwichReviewed 10 September […]
Tchaikovsky, Holst Behzod Abduraimov (piano); Maîtrise de l’Opéra du Rhin; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra / Aziz Shokhakimov (conductor). Salle Erasme, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, 5.9.2024 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 23 (1874/5) Holst […]
