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September 27, 2024

Philharmonia 26 September 2024 (Susan Elkin reviews)

The opening concert in the Philharmonia’s Nordic Soundscapes season gave us an brave blend of the very familiar and...
September 25, 2024

La Traviata (Susan Elkin reviews)

La Traviata Guiseppe Verdi Barefoot Opera Arcola Theatre, part of Grimeborne Festival If Verdi had thought of scoring his...
September 23, 2024

Brighton Philharmonic 22 September 2024 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra Brighton Dome 22 September 2024   Brighton Philharmonic launched its centenary season in fine form and...
September 14, 2024

2024 Prom 72 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom 72 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Antonello Manacorda   It’s a treat  to hear Mozart’s first symphony,...
September 8, 2024

Prom 65 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom 65 Messiah George Frideric Handel, arranged by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Academy of St Martins in the Fields Phiharmonia...
September 2, 2024

Prom 56 (Susan Elkin reviews)

Prom 56, 01 September 2024 BBC Singers Orwain Park Berlin Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall. Thank...

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October 4, 2024

Lucky Dog (Susan Elkin reviews)

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October 2, 2024

Redlands (Susan Elkin reviews)

Redlands Charlotte Jones Chichester Festival Theatre   Star rating 4   Photograph by Ikin Yum Charlotte Jones’s beautifully written...
September 25, 2024

La Traviata (Susan Elkin reviews)

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September 25, 2024

Susan’s Bookshelves: The Man I Think I Know by Mike Gayle

I have fallen in love with the novels of Mike Gayle. I find them totally compelling to the extent...
October 2, 2024

Susan’s Bookshelves (Daniel Deronda by George Eliot)

Daniel Deronda (1876) came four years after Middlemarch and was George Eliot’s last novel. She died in 1880, aged...