Seohyun Go wins the Guildhall Gold Medal
I was lucky enough to attend the Guildhall Godlier Medal last Thursday May 8). The announcement of the winner from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a follows: Guildhall School of Music & […]
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Music at St Mary’s, Perivale: Nikita Lukinov
Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Babadjanian Nikita Lukinov (piano) Bach Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor (Well-Tempered Clavier Book I) Tchaikovsky The Seasons, Op. 37b: May; June Mussorgsky Night on a Bare Mountain (arr. piano) […]
Alon Kariv plays Chopin at Cadogan Hall
Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann Alon Kariv (piano); English Chamber Orchestra / Roberto Forés Veses (conductor). Cadogan Hall, London, 11.05.2025 Mendelssohn Overture, ‘The Hebrides,’ Op. 26 (1829) Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 […]
A Hoffmann to remember: Angela Denoke’s production of Offenbach’s final masterpiece at Oldenburg Staatstheater with Jason Kim
Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann – Dorothee Bienert, Jason Kim – Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann: Jason Kim, Dorothee Bienert, Penelope Kendros, Adréana Kraschewski, Raffaela Lintl, Eleonora Fabrizi, Seungweon Lee, dir: Angela Denoke; […]
Handel’s Jephtha at the Barbican
Handel’s last oratorio presents, amongst the composer’s catalogue of undeniable masterpieces, a masterwork of stunning stature. Not a note is misplaced in Jephtha: long though it is (more of that later), everything is perfectly […]
Bach’s Easter Oratorio revisited: Frans Brüggen’s radiant reading
Christophe Rousset’s performance of Bach’s Osterortorium, BWV 249, in Aix en Provence recently led me to his disc from 2011: Frans Brüggen’s Amsterdam account with the Orchestra of the 18th Century and Cappella Amsterdam with […]
Ridiculous
Two recent releases have me losing some respect for 2 esteemed Classical music labels – one for taking advantage of the consumer by offering a full price CD with a ridiculously short playing time; the […]
Quatuor Danel at Wigmore Hall: Weinberg & Shostakovich
Weinberg, Shostakovich Quatuor Danel Wigmore Hall, 6.5.2025 Weinberg String Quartets: No. 14, Op. 122 (1978); No. 15, Op. 124 (1980) Shostakovich String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp, op. 142 (1973) This was a […]
Mr Brouček’s Barbican adventures
Janáček The Excursions of Mr Brouček (‘Výlety páně Broučkovy’; concert performance). Cast; Tenebrae; London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Barbican Hall, 04.05.2025 Cast: Broućek – Peter Hoare Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík – Aleš Briscein Malinka/Etherea/Kunka – Lucy […]
Pianist Alon Kariv in Interview: Chopin’s First Concerto, and more
Israeli pianist Alon Kariv will play Chopin’s First Piano Concetto on Sunday, May 11 at London’s Cadogan Hall with the English Chamber Orchestra. Ahead of that performance, I met Alon to discuss all things piano, […]
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