Meh…
I’ve started the year with quite a few less-than-stimulating new Classical recordings released in the past couple of months. While many are attractive, offering enticing repertoire, several of them have left me feeling a bit […]
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Bruckner’s obsession with death, Scottish Gaelic folk poetry & a grumpy gaboon: I chat to Scottish composer Jay Capperauld, currently the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s associate composer
Jay Capperauld (Photo: Euan Robertson) The Scottish composer Jay Capperauld is currently the Scottish Chamber Orchestra‘s (SCO) Associate Composer and this month he has two sets of performances of his works. On 19 February SCO […]
Letter from Florida: a study in contrasts, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at Palm Beach Opera
Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette – Long Long, Kathryn Lewek – Palm Beach Opera, 2025 Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette Kathryn Lewek, Long Long, Bernardo Medeiros, director: Tara Faircloth, conductor: David Stern, Palm Beach Opera; Kravis Center for […]
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem from Bergen
One of the great choral works, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem is often thought of as a humanist requiem, a work for the bereaved passages form teh Bible sleeked by Brahms himself. It takes a great […]
Saffron Hall celebrates World Piano Day with classical, jazz, film, the winner of The Piano, and a chance to Do It Yourself
Martin James Bartlett World Piano Day is celebrated on the 88th day of the year to honour the 88 keys of the piano, so Saffron Hall is planning a celebratory Piano Day on Saturday 29 March […]
Ellie Slorach appointed to the new role of Associate Conductor with the Royal Northern Sinfonia
Fantasy, Myths and Legends prom – Ellie Slorach, Royal Northern Sinfonia – The Glasshouse (Photo: TyneSight Photographic Services)) Ellie Slorach has been appointed to the new role of Associate Conductor with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, […]
1775 – A Retrospective: Ian Page & The Mozartists on terrific form in a deep dive into the sound-world of Mozart’s 1775
Benda: Medea – Alexandra Lowe, The Mozartists, Ian Page at Cadogan Hall (Photo: Martin Kendrick) 1775 – A Retrospective: Ordonez, Hasse, Mozart, Benda: Medea, Haydn: Symphony No. 67; Alexandra Lowe, Alessandro Fisher, The Mozartists, Ian […]
Toshio Hosokawa’s Awakening: Music for Guitar
Toshio Hosokawa’s music recalls the calligraphic lines of Japanese script, but, as he puts it, ‘at the limit of time and space’. Hosokawa reframes the very way we experience the guitar; traditional folk music retains […]
Bach Cantatas from Oxford: can one ever have ‘genug’?
Here is a disc of three magnificent performances of three Bach cantatas on the Signum label. superbly recorded in Norwood, London. The Oxford Bach Soloists is directed by Tom Hammond-Davies; Nick Pritchard is the fervent […]
Canadian composer Jacques Hétu’s remarkable final symphony in a stunning new recording resulting from the collaboration between three of Canada’s major ensembles
Jacques Hétu: Symphony No. 5; Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Alexander Shelley; AnalektaReviewed 29 January 2025 Premiered three weeks after his death, Canadian composer Jacques Hétu’s massive symphony […]
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