The Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio with their conductor Anna Duczmal-Mróz are a modest but proud bunch with a fierce attention to detail. They play a joint programme with the London Mozart Players in concerts this coming weekend in London and Edinburgh. Their concert on Sunday 17 November in Poznan was an interesting highlight…
Alex Groves continues to show his creative and producer mettle with SOLO which combined with his gentle affability must surely project him and his work higher and higher.
A demanding programme of unfamiliar and invigorating works for wind orchestra including a cracking show piece for saxophonist Rob Burton.
This may not be what Matthew wants to hear, but Entangled is the perfect soundtrack for the Halloween newbie.
If you don’t reach for a tissue in the first thirteen minutes then you’re a cold-hearted bastard.
I was cutting things a little fine arriving in my seat panting and sweating just as the first chord of Tchaikovsky’s Overture to Romeo and Juliet sounded. By its inclusion – 5 minutes longer than the billed duration – my heart rate had reduced and my face and neck had dried off. Conductor Yuri Simonov…
A majestic sound in an acoustic that left absolutely no prisoners in a concert endeavour that sought to strengthen cultural ties between two countries. Down the road in Parliament, MPs participated in the most toxic of exchanges.
An evening of two halves. One better than the other.