Category: Review
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Aldeburgh Festival premieres ‘Violet’ by Tom Coult and Alice Birch
Tom Coult and Alice Birch’s ‘Violet’ opened the 2022 Aldeburgh Festival. The new opera is gripping, bleak, and thought-provoking.
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Sheffield Chamber Music Festival immerses its audience in the must-have intimate experience
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival isn’t daring to present classical music in a new way. They don’t need to. They started doing it 38 years ago.
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Grosvenor plays Faure, Ravel, Schumann and Albeniz at Wigmore Hall
Surprises around every corner in a dazzling supercharged performance from pianist Benjamin Grosvenor
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Brilliant new music from Phibbs, Pritchard, and Kidane at Music at Malling
A delightful afternoon with delightful people in a chocolate box town in mid-Kent.
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NOYO: Life-affirming music from the world’s first disabled-led youth ensemble
National Open Youth Orchestra’s debut concert at Milton Court in London was a life-affirming reminder of the power of music-making.
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Jonathan Radford and Ashley Fripp perform music from The Saxophone Craze
Jonathan Radford is an understated performer whose trademark is conjuring up a wide range of colours that effortlessly tickle the senses.
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The Bach Choir with Bach’s St Matthew Passion, featuring Ed Lyon as the Evangelist
Devastating music-making in this startling performance at Southbank Centre the week before Easter Sunday.
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National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The Swingles perform for the planet at Woolwich Works in London
Thought-provoking music from the NYCGB with some pop-infused bobbing about from The Swingles in this made for radio accessible concert.
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Anyone Can Sing on Sky Arts: Heartwarming stuff
Sky Arts ENO singing show proudly wears its heart on its sleeve. And with good with reason. Its adorable.
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Manchester Camerata with Jess Gillam at Wigmore Hall
Brilliant musicianship throughout this hugely entertaining programme.