Prom 40 (Susan Elkin reviews)
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...
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...
Opera Holland Park Education is a progressive realisation of our own ignorance, as Einstein said. The same applies to classical music and...
Garsington Opera at Wormsley The Happy Princess by Paul Fincham and Jessica Duchen, loosely based on an Oscar Wilde story, is a mini-masterpiece....
I first encountered Haydn’s Creation, never mind how many years ago, at school. A group of us were then selected to play and...
The evening began with a crisp but warm account of Till Eulenspiegel. There’s something about the acoustic of the Royal Albert Hall and the...
Opera Holland Park, July 2019 What an evening! An inspired pairing with sumptuous singing and two fine, if unfamiliar, scores. It really...
Tom Poster is a distinctive pianist. His account of the Schumann concerto was full of warmth and verve especially in the flamboyant...