English Gems from Wigmore Hall
This is properly musicians in sevice of music. The pieces here ae rarely heard, and of the three composers only one has anything like the recognition he deserves, and even then it’s somewhat lacking (Bliss). […]
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UK premiere of Ludwig Göransson’s suite from Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer at the Royal College of Music
Christopher Nolan’s enormously successful 2023 film, Oppenheimer (seven Oscars, seven Golden Globes, five BAFTAs) about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War […]
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A themed programme with an imaginative difference: Music from Pole to Pole with City of London Sinfonia and atmospheric physicist Dr Simon Clark
Music from Pole to Pole – City of London Sinfonia and Dr Simon Clark at Smith Square Hall – (Photo: Suzi Corker) Music from Pole to Pole: Caroline Shaw, Webern, Dvorak, Lutosławski, Osvaldo Golijov, Marais, […]
A Christmas Carol this isn’t: The Telling’s What the Dickens!
For their latest show, playwright/singer Clare Norburn and her company The Telling have turned to the private life of Charles Dickens. With an estranged wife and teenage mistress, he doesn’t quite live up to the […]
Dinis Souza at the Barbican: orchestral wizard, award-winner.
Unsuk Chin, Bartók, Debussy, Ravel Bertrand Chamayou (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dinis Souza (conductor) Unsuk Chin Alaraph, ‘Ritual of the heartbeat’ (2022, London premiere) Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz 119 / BB 127 (1945) Debussy La […]
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Nominations announced for the 2024 Ivors Classical Awards
Jonathan Dove: Itch – Adam Temple Smith as Itch and Victoria Simmonds as Watkins – Opera Holland Park 2023 (Photo: Craig Fuller) Celebrating the best new classical music and sound art, this year’s Ivors Classical […]
Sound magic: En Couleur from the percussion group, Trio Colores
En Couleur: Saint-Saens, Ravel, Tailleferre, Debussy, Milhaud; Trio Colores (Fabian Ziegler, Luca Staffelbach and Matthias Kessper); Solo MusicaReviewed 7 October 2024 Sensitivity of touch and an ear for timbre and colour bring a sense of […]
Ethel Smyth returns to Germany: The Wreckers in Karlsruhe, The Wreckers – Der Leuchtturm des Todes in Meiningen, Strandrecht in Schwerin
Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers – Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (Photo: Felix Grünschloß) Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers has a fascinatingly international history, the work was written to a French libretto by a France-based American, premiered in German […]
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Earth Unwrapped: Sirens for a wounded planet – Kings Place’s latest year-long series announced
Kings Place’s 17th instalment in its year-long Unwrapped series will be exploring our relationship with nature and the eco-system, plant life and ornithology, the climate crisis, activism, protest and more, through music and spoken word. Earth Unwrapped, […]
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nonclassical at 20: legendary music promoter celebrates with a concert alongside the London Symphony Orchestra including five world premieres
“in music many people are never exposed to long-form compositions, or more challenging works; and I think they should be“nonclassical founder, Gabriel Prokofiev nonclassical in action (Photo: Nick Rutter) Music promoter, record label and events […]
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