United Kingdom ‘Music at Paxton’ – Summer Festival of Chamber Music 2022: Paxton House, Paxton, Berwickshire, 22.7. to 31.7.2022. (MC)
Music at Paxton: artists of an international reputation combine with emerging young performers
Michael Cookson
Jess Gillam features in an uplifting and joyous Manchester Camerata concert in Blackburn
United Kingdom Bartók, Marcello, Mendelssohn, Harle, Tchaikovsky: Jess Gillam (saxophone), Manchester Camerata / Katie Stillman (violin / direction). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 20.5.2022. (MC)
Promising talent that is worthy of praise makes RNCM’s Le nozze di Figaro a real tonic
United Kingdom Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Northern College of Music / Peter Whelan (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 30.3.2022. (MC)
Francesca Dego’s quite sensational performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Hallé
United Kingdom Stenhammar, Sibelius, Dvořák: Francesca Dego (violin), Hallé / Jiří Rožeň (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 25.3.2022. (MC)
Gemma New conducts the Hallé and celebrates the centenary of Blackburn’s King George’s Hall
United Kingdom King George’s Hall Centenary Celebration Concert – Wagner, Walton, Mozart, Beethoven: Laura van der Heijden (cello), Hallé / Gemma New (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 22.10. 2021. (MC)
Daniel Lebhardt’s compelling account of Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ with the Hallé in Blackburn
United Kingdom Beethoven: Daniel Lebhardt (piano), Hallé / Gergely Madaras (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 13.3.2020. (MC)
The BBC Phil’s Blackburn concert proved to be the ideal winter warmer
United Kingdom Humperdinck, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák: Aleksey Semenenko (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Holly Mathieson (conductor). King George’s Hall, Blackburn, 10.1.2020. (MC)
A compelling RNCM Carmélites performance of great energy and spirit with no shortage of talent
United Kingdom Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmélites: Soloists, RNCM Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Andrew Greenwood (conductor). Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 8.12.2019. (MC)
