Susan’s Bookshelves: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
I read this book when it was shortlisted for the (then) Man Booker prize back in 2012. A friend recently mentioned that...
I read this book when it was shortlisted for the (then) Man Booker prize back in 2012. A friend recently mentioned that...
Prom 72 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Antonello Manacorda It’s a treat to hear Mozart’s first symphony, written in London...
I have a nonagenarian friend who worked for a mere sixty years or so behind the scenes in theatre. She seems to...
Prom 65 Messiah George Frideric Handel, arranged by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Academy of St Martins in the Fields Phiharmonia Chorus, Bath Minerva...
Anna Maria della Pieta (1696-1782) was a famous Italian violinist for most of the eighteenth century. Probably the child of a sex...
Prom 56, 01 September 2024 BBC Singers Orwain Park Berlin Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall. Thank goodness (and that’s...
Prom 50, 28 August 2024 Czech Philharmonic Prague Philharmonic Choir Jakub Hrusa The Czech Phiharmonic is one of the world’s finest...
Le Nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Arcola Theatre Ensemble OrQuesta Company and HPO Ensemble Part of the annual Grimeborn Opera Festival,...