Thursday, 24 August 2023

Prom 50 - Cummings and the AAM bring the house down with Samson at the Proms

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Laurence Cummings conducts the Academy of Ancient Music © BBC/Sisi Burn Allan Clayton (Samson) Jacquelyn Stucker (Dalila) Joélle Harvey (...
Wednesday, 23 August 2023

Strong performances of Shostakovich Symphonies 12 & 15 from John Storgårds & the BBC Philharmonic

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John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic return to their Shostakovich with a double - the 12th and 15th Symphonies. Although not dissimilar ...
Friday, 11 August 2023

Prom 33: Sumptuous song and assured Rachmaninov from Connolly, Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

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Dame Sarah Connolly & the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/Chris Christodoulou Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) BBC Philharmonic John Storgård...
Saturday, 5 August 2023

Prom 26: Lyrical virtuosity from Ehnes, with majestic Sibelius from Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic

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John Storgårds & the BBC Philharmonic © BBC/Mark Allan James Ehnes (violin) BBC Philharmonic John Storgårds (conductor) 7.30pm, Thursd...
Thursday, 27 July 2023

Rhapsody - a beautifully constructed programme from Huw Wiggin (saxophone) and Noriko Ogawa (piano)

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Saxophonist Huw Wiggin is well known both as a soloist and as a member of the Ferio Saxophone Quartet (my reviews of their discs here , he...
Thursday, 13 July 2023

CD Review - The Stradgrass Sessions - Tessa Lark

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Kentucky born violinist Tessa Lark’s debut CD Fantasy in 2019 (my review here ) combined her classical and folk roots admirably, but she ha...
Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Dove's Mansfield Park positively fizzes with Waterperry Opera in Marylebone

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Sarah Anne Champion (Julia Bertram) (from 2022) © Robert Workman Jonathan Dove (b.1959): Mansfield Park Alasdair Middleton (Libretto), aft...