Philharmonia 24 March 2024 (Susan Elkin reviews)
Philharmonia Orchestra Jakub Hrusa (conductor) Stephen Isserlis (cello) Royal Festival Hall 24 March 2024 This was an all-Russian concert which had you...
Philharmonia Orchestra Jakub Hrusa (conductor) Stephen Isserlis (cello) Royal Festival Hall 24 March 2024 This was an all-Russian concert which had you...
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra Brian Wright (conductor) Iyad Sughayer (piano) Mote Hall, Maidstone Written late in Schubert’s tragically short life, his Symphony No...
China Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Daye Lin (conductor), Jiaoneg Nie (cello), Tamsin Waley Cohen (Violin) Fairfield Halls, Croydon 22 March 2024 Tan Dun...
This 2024 publication presents eleven short stories which look at woman’s experience from a range of angles. Some of the eight characters...
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I recently reviewed a 2024 children’s book for a magazine in which I said it was like Charlotte’s Web crossed with Harry...
My attention was drawn to Valérie Perrin’s 2020, warm, moving novel about love and loss by a French friend who read it...