Category: Review
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Review – Papillons at Southbank’s Multitudes
Papillons at Multitudes was multimedia production that mirrored the transformation of caterpillars to butterflies across three miniatures which over the course of 70 minutes saw a sonic metamorphosis of cellist Laura van der Heijden’s playing from amplified strings to electronic distortion. It kind of worked.
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Review – Beth Taylor and Hamish Brown perform Cameron Biles-Lidell and elgar at wigmore hall
Wigmore Hall Song Competition winner Beth Taylor and pianist Hamish Brown’s afternoon programme had the sea running right through it, and highlighted a composer’s name to follow.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Preview – BBC Proms 2026 – 10 Recommended Concerts
10 recommended concerts from to see or listen to at the BBC Proms 2026.
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Preview – BBC Proms 2026 – A summer of superlatives awaits
A summer of superlatives awaits now that the BBC Proms season has been revealed.
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Review – Academy of Ancient Music’s The Chosen One at Milton Court
Academy of Ancient Music’s part-historiographical study, pinned to musical exploration, exposed the nearly always-overlooked route to JS Bach’s appointment as Thomaskantor, posing one delicious counterfactual question: what if Bach hadn’t got the job?
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Review – National Youth Orchestra play Hisiashi, Wagner and Prokofiev
NYO’s Spring Concert at the Festival Hall celebrated what this orchestra has become. The question now is what Principal Conductor Alpesh Chauhan will demand of it next.
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Review – Key Changes: Radio 3’s Essential History of Classical Music
Key Changes confounds expectations — which, given what Radio 3 needs right now, is exactly what it needed to make.
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News – Thoroughly Good announces new partnership
Thoroughly Good announces a major new partnership, a new print title, and a subscription offer designed to bring classical music to new audiences.
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Review – Gounod’s Faust at Opéra Royal, Versailles
Strong voices and competent performances carried a production that appeared not to question the tradition it so readily relied upon.
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Review – Franco Fagioli sings ‘The Last Castrato’ with Orchestra de L’Opera Royale and Stefan Plewniak
A hurried event in which the vocalist led proceedings, the orchestra responded, and director followed with one too many theatrical flourishes.