Lovers of the Austro-German Classical symphony will delight intros dic; as will horn players, doubly blessed (quadruply?) by a double horn concerto and a symphony that features the horns prominently. Franz Anton Hoffmeister was prolific: […]
Lalo Le roi d’Ys (concert performance) Soloists; Chelsea Opera Group Chorus & Orchestra / Paul Wingfield. Cadogan Hall, London, 30.03.2025 Cast: Margared – Maria Schellenberg Rozenn – Hye-Youn Lee Mylio – Luis Gomez Prince Karnac […]
Johann Nepomuk Hummel is known as much for being a pupil of Mozart and Haydn as for his actual music. A virtuoso pianist himself, he wrote a significant amount of piano music but there is […]
John Weldon: The Judgement of Paris; Helen Charlston, Kitty Whately, Anna Dennis, Thomas Walker, Jonathan Brown, Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge Handel Opera Company, Julian Perkins; AAMReviewed 1 April 2025 Stylishly engaging performances highlight the […]
Quotations about – not from – myth festoon both stage (pre-perfromance) and accompanying freesheet. ‘The lover of myth is in.a sense a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonders’ (Aristotle, from Metapphysics: follow this […]
Maxim Emelyanychev and Scottish Chamber Orchestra Amazingly, 2025/26 will be Maxim Emelyanychev’s seventh season as principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and he will be presenting ten programme with the orchestra during the season, along […]
David Butt Philip & Friends Gala – David Butt Philip – St Paul’s Opera, Clapham‘Falke, falke, du wiedergefundener’ from Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten David Butt Philip & Friends Gala: Bizet, Gounod, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, […]
Ryedale Festival at Lastingham Church The Ryedale Festival is in its 44th year and under the guidance of pianist Christopher Glynn, returns from 11 to 27 July 2025 for 57 performances in 33 spectacular locations […]
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 […]
