classical music isn’t difficult.
it’s just music.
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Ena Brennan’s ‘Startlingly Topical’ Breathwork opens Dublin Theatre Festival 2023
Look hard at the horror you’ve created in Ena Brennan’s new micro-opera at Dublin Theatre Festival 2023
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Benedetti’s call to action
A timely reminder from Nicola Benedetti that we need resources not plans to create spaces that help people prepare themselves for the lives ahead of them.
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Royal Philharmonic and Alexander Kantorow at the BBC Proms 2023
There are few guarantees in classical music programmes, but I’m increasingly of the mind that the partnership of the RPO and Petrenko is one of them.
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VOCES8, Ola Gjeilo and the Carducci String Quartet at the Mindful Mix Prom
Sophisticated contemporary classical deserves a seat at the table at the BBC Proms. Gjeilo, VOCES8, the Carducci’s and Ruth Aspinall did good.
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Jim Parker (1934 – 2023)
Film and TV composer Jim Parker has died.
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5 Recommended Hyperion Releases
Riveting listens. Fact.