Bexhill Choral Society (Susan Elkin reviews)
St Barnabas Church, Bexhill-on-Sea 5 October 2019 A patchwork programme meant that, on this occasion Bexhill Choral Society and conductor, Kenneth Roberts,...
St Barnabas Church, Bexhill-on-Sea 5 October 2019 A patchwork programme meant that, on this occasion Bexhill Choral Society and conductor, Kenneth Roberts,...
Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Well this is Matthew Bourne so you arrive expecting nothing remotely conventional or “traditional” (whatever that means) and you’re...
Few things are musically more uplifting than hearing a fine foreign orchestra playing its own national heritage. The Czech Philharmonic plays with...
Concerts are just another form of theatre – especially classical ones which, however hard promoters and co try to de-formalise them, do...
Royal Albert Hall, 3 September 2019 Bernard Haitink’s final London concert was characterised by warmth, dignity and charisma. Many years ago I...
This production of Mozart’s last opera Die Zauberflote is characterised by fine orchestral work, much impeccable singing – and a great deal of directorial...
Well, it’s a very pretty piano: a fine example of high Victorian bling. It’s just a pity that Queen Victoria’s piano, on...
Unexpectedly, the high spot in this initially populist concert was the Lutoslawski concerto for orchestra (1954) with which it ended. Full of...