Reviewing Proms and other theatre
Concerts are just another form of theatre – especially classical ones which, however hard promoters and co try to de-formalise them, do...
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...
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...