Messiaen Vingt régards de l’enfant Jésus (1944) Nicolas Hodges (piano). Wigmore Hall, 31.05.2024 The last time I heard Messiaen’s vast Jesus-oriented canvas was at Milton Court in 2016 (review), Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist, a […]
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Matthew Barley [Photo: Madeleine Farley] When I first interviewed cellist Matthew Barley back in 2012 [see my interview], he was preparing for an amazing 100-venue tour of Britain for Britten 2013, combining Britten and Bach […]
Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire, La voix humaine; Paula Sides, Sergey Rybin; VOCES8 RecordsReviewed 3 June 2024 An intimate account of Poulenc’s exploration of the female experience through of a pairing of two of his major works, […]
May on Planet HugillAn historically informed Ring in Dresden, and a serpent in a car museum in Göttingen. Our newsletter this month is out on MadMimi, and if you don’t already receive it, please do […]
Gerard Coutain, winner of the Main Composer Prize at Eisteddfod yr Urdd, 2024 Eisteddfod yr Urdd is Europe’s largest youth festival, produced by Urdd Gobaith Cymru, a National Voluntary Youth Organisation with over 55,000 members between […]
Nature’s Music – RNCM at the Manchester Museum (Photo: ©RNCM) On Saturday 6 July 2024, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) will take over the galleries of the Manchester Museum and present Nature’s Music, […]
Giordano Andrea Chénier Cast; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Antonio Pappano. 30.05.2024 Production: Director – David McVicar Revival director – Thomas Guthrie Set designer – Robert Jones Costume […]
I’ve been on Pentatone’s case lately – for good reason. (Please see my blog for reviews.) However, this latest release is a bit different. And a lot better than what I’ve been hearing from the […]
Lord Byron on His Deathbed, by Joseph Denis Odevaere (c. 1826). An Evening of Don Juan: Emily Hazrati along with songs by Schubert, Elise Schmezer, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Ravel, Quilter, Walton, Maconchy, Barber, Britten, James MacMillan; […]
A disc of Preludes is not so unusual: but here there is no Chopin or Debussy in sight. Instead, Anton Arensky rubs shoulders with Rachmaninoff; Ravel meets Gershwin. I enjoyed Japanese pianist Yuki Negishi’s debut […]
