Prom 69 (Susan Elkin reviews)
Few things are musically more uplifting than hearing a fine foreign orchestra playing its own national heritage. The Czech Philharmonic plays with...
Few things are musically more uplifting than hearing a fine foreign orchestra playing its own national heritage. The Czech Philharmonic plays with...
Concerts are just another form of theatre – especially classical ones which, however hard promoters and co try to de-formalise them, do...
What are you supposed to feel at the funeral of a dearly beloved partner with whom you have shared over half a...
It is now 20 days – almost three weeks – since Nick died of Alzheimer’s on 20 August. And I find myself...
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...