Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Järvi and the Philharmonia hammer home the terrors of war in Prokofiev 6

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James Ehnes © Benjamin Ealovega James Ehnes (violin) The Philharmonia Paavo Järvi (conductor)  3pm, Sunday 26 November 2023 Royal Festival...
Friday, 17 November 2023

'A Million Little Diamonds' - engaging performances of Anthony Cæsar's settings of children's verse from Amy Carson & Nicola Rose

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Anthony Cæsar (1924-2018) was formerly Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, but also composed, best known for his   Missa Brevis Capella Regalis ...
Thursday, 16 November 2023

An engaging and effective evocation of the night in Night Fragments from Richard Carr and the American Contemporary Music Ensemble

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Richard Carr is a New York-based violinist, pianist and composer, and together with a string quartet drawn from the American Contemporary M...
Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Confusion clouds any central critique in Clément's Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne

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Andrei Bondarenko (Don Giovanni), Michael Ronan (Masetto), Charlotte Bowden (Zerlina) and Chorus © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Rich...
Monday, 13 November 2023

Another joyful Glyndebourne return for Annabel Arden's fizzy Elisir d'amore

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Maxime Nourissat (Dulcamara's Assistant) & Filipe Manu (Nemorino) © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Tristram Kenton Adam Hickox...
Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Lugansky and Petrenko inject new life into iconic Rachmaninov and Elgar

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Nikolai Lugansky & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Andy Paradise Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Vasily Petrenko (conductor) Royal Philhar...
Thursday, 26 October 2023

'To the Northern Star' - strong performances from Flauguissimo and friends of delightful chamber works for flute by 'the Father of Swedish Music', Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)

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The ensemble Flauguissimo Duo ( Yu-Wei Hu (flute) and Johan Löfving (theorbo/guitar)) first came to my attention when they were BREMF Liv...