Category: Review
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Review: Lambeth Wind Orchestra and saxophonist Rob Burton play Rhapsodies and Fantasias
A demanding programme of unfamiliar and invigorating works for wind orchestra including a cracking show piece for saxophonist Rob Burton.
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Review: Matthew Whiteside’s ‘Entangled’
This may not be what Matthew wants to hear, but Entangled is the perfect soundtrack for the Halloween newbie.
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Review: Opera Holland Park’s Into the Light
If you don’t reach for a tissue in the first thirteen minutes then you’re a cold-hearted bastard.
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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
