Friday, 22 November 2024

Adventurous, virtuosic and highly expressive celebration of 15 years of the Canellakis-Brown Duo

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Cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown , met in their early twenties some fifteen years ago and have been p...
Thursday, 7 November 2024

Smock Alley - Italian meets Irish in 18th century Dublin, with richly resonant performances from Irlandiani

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I’m catching up on a few releases from First Hand Records from the last year. The first of these was prompted by also seeing the ensemble, ...
Friday, 1 November 2024

Gothic Opera brings powerful high drama to Donizetti in Battersea

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Daniella Sicari (Maria) © Craig Fuller Lysanne van Overbeek (director) Anna Castro Grinstein (conductor) Leon Haxby (arranger) Nate Gibso...
Thursday, 31 October 2024

Powerfully moving A Child of Our Time at Glyndebourne

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Adam Hickox © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, Photo: Richard Hubert Smith Adam Hickox (conductor) Ian Rutherford (director) Matthew Fletcher...
Wednesday, 23 October 2024

A great showcase for the Jervaulx Singers and Charlie Gower-Smith, combining strong solo voices in choral textures

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The Jervaulx Singers (named after the ruined Jervaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire) were founded by Director Charlie Gower-Smith and soprano J...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joyful Glazunov and deeply moving Górecki from the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and Alpesh Chauhan

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Alpesh Chauhan © Marcello Orselli Jess Gillam (saxophone) Ruby Hughes (soprano) Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Alpesh Chauhan (conductor...
Friday, 11 October 2024

The Madrigal Reimagined - effortless virtuosity and informative expertise from the Monteverdi String Band and friends

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Oliver Webber , Director of the  Monteverdi String Band  has been a frequent visitor to  Brighton Early Music Festival , in particular bring...