Category: Review
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Review: Der Freischütz conducted by Laurence Equilbey featuring Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Johanni van Oostrum, and Chiara Skerath
An inventive thought-provoking production with captivating contributions from Johanni van Oostrum, the Insula Orchestra, and one or two illusionists.
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Review: Alexandra Dariescu and the Moscow Philharmonic play Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 and Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
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…
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Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra play Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov and Britten at Cadogan Hall
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.
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BBC Proms 2019 – 13: Czech Philharmonic, Jonny Greenwood and Daniel Pioro
An evening of two halves. One better than the other.
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BBC Proms 2019 / 4: Proms Encore
The TV version of one long stream of classical music marketing tweets. A missed opportunity. Disappointing.
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Review: Verbier Festival 2019
Notes from a three-day trip to the mountainside music festival, now in its 26th year
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Review: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra play Weber Oberon Overture, Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2, and Mendelssohn ‘Scottish’
It was all about the detail. A blistering Prokofiev 2 from violinst Vadim Repin.
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Waterperry Opera Festival: talent, energy and rapport in a beautiful Oxfordshire setting
Waterperry Opera has a valuable USP and deserves to go from strength to strength Waterperry Opera Festival is underway this weekend. The four-day event based in and around the Regency grandeur of Waterperry House and Gardens in rural Oxfordshire, has built on its highly successful inaugural season in 2018 and has returned hoping its bigger…
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BBC Proms 2019 / 3 – Dvorak on TV, Ehnes’ Britten on the radio, and the burning sensation of shame
Documenting my experience of the BBC Proms 2019 in my own sweet time.
