The Making of Handel’s Messiah (Susan Elkin reviews)
The Making of Handel’s Messiah: Andrew Gant Posted on June 11, 2020 The English oratorio was, it seems, born almost by accident. Handel’s Esther,...
The Making of Handel’s Messiah: Andrew Gant Posted on June 11, 2020 The English oratorio was, it seems, born almost by accident. Handel’s Esther,...
Philharmonia Orchestra Posted on March 9, 2020 Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury Sunday 8 March 2020 Young British conductor, Alpesh Chauhan, was new to me...
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Sunday 16 February 2020 This concert was entitled Sunshine and Melody – a contrived, very generic and completely unnecessary label of...
Set in late-Franco, 1970s Spain this Carmen (revival of a 2012 production) simmers with timeless hot passion and a culture of bullying. All those...
Mote Hall, Maidstone, 1 February 2020 There are few more atmospheric pieces than Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. It only needs a bar or...
Brighton Dome and Strings Attached Coffee Concert 26 January 2020 You can rely on Beethoven and Brahms to fill a venue. On...
University of Sussex, 8 December 2019 A concert programme as full as this is certainly good value for money and a very...
The Telling (Clare Norburn, Ariane Prussner, Kaisa Pulkkinen) St Clement’s Church, Hastings, 15 December 2019 At a time of year when we...