From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:
In a world of mounting uncertainty, it’s a relief to find the King’s Singers are still around. The novelty of their act might have worn off since that inaugural London concert in 1968 but polished a cappella singing by six male voices remains a miraculous thing and their latest album is a joy to spin….
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Portuguese mezzo Cláudia Ribas (pictured) has won the 57th International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Second was UK mezzo Annabel Kennedy. Min Gyu Song from South Korea is the winner of the 13th edition […]
Three new Shakespeare productions opened this week. Nicholas Hytner’s Richard II livened up London’s Bridge. Tom Hiddleston shed his shirt in Much Ado About Nothing at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. And Rupert Goold directed a revised Hamlet with […]
The family of James Loughran, long serving conductor of the Halle Orchestra, have announced his death in a care facility at the age of 92. Loughran headed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1971 […]
