City Music Foundation July 2019 Summer Residency at The Wallace Collection
26/06/2019
City Music Foundation
Return to The Wallace Collection for Fourth Year
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th July 2019 Read more
June Sees Natalia Osipova in the London Premiere of The Mother
14/06/2019
Bird & Carrot presents
THE MOTHER
Natalia Osipova in The Mother (c) Anastasia Tikhonova
Avant-garde dance theatre by choreographer/director ARTHUR PITA
Performers: NATALIA OSIPOVA and JONATHAN GODDARD
June 20th, 21st, 22nd – London, Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk £30-£70 Read more
Edinburgh Usher Hall 2019-2020 Orchestral Season
02/06/2019
Edinburgh Sunday Classics 2019-2020
Karl Chapman (Director of Edinburgh Concert Series) (c) Duncan McGlynn
For some years, the series of international orchestral concerts, traditionally held on Sunday afternoons, has been a highlight in Edinburgh musical life. The season follows the Edinburgh International Festival maintaining a cultural level emphasizing the status of Scotland’s capital as the center of Scottish arts and music.
The series allows an opportunity for Edinburgh music lovers to compare the standards of the nation’s national orchestras with the best international ensembles. In the season starting in October are several well-known ‘friends’ who have visited in past years, and several orchestras who offer something quite fresh for Edinburgh audiences. Read more
REVIEWED! Ron Howard’s Pavarotti in Cinemas 13 July (Preview) and Nationwide (15 July)
30/05/2019
REVIEWED BY JIM PRITCHARD Read more
NEW! Karabits Shares with Ian Lace his Impressions of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
28/05/2019
Kirill Karabits, Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, delivered a profoundly moving performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius on May 15th 2019 to conclude the BSO’s 2018/19 season. Following this (click here), I asked Kirill Karabits about his impressions of Elgar’s masterpiece.
Kirill Karabits
Roman River 2019 Festival
27/05/2019
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR ROMAN RIVER 2019 FESTIVAL
Colchester weekend July 11-14
Autumn festival September 5-15 Read more
Ex Cathedra’s 50th Anniversary Season in 2019-20
22/05/2019
‘From the heart’ – Ex Cathedra announces its 50th anniversary season
Ex Cathedra, the world-class choir and Early Music ensemble founded in Birmingham by Jeffrey Skidmore, has announced a typically distinctive season of concerts for its 50th anniversary season, a programme that comes ‘from the heart’ – as Beethoven wrote in the score of his Missa Solemnis, one of the highlights of the season. Read more
‘MUSICAL MAGIC’: AN INTERVIEW WITH VIOLINIST HENNING KRAGGERUD
21/05/2019
Geoffrey Newman in Conversation with Henning Kraggerud
Henning Kraggerud © Robert Romic
There are few artists who convey a greater sense of communication and discovery in the concert hall than Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud. There is a life-enhancing glow in his appearances, and one surmises that his bountiful inspiration must come from somewhere – perhaps from a tradition that stresses experimentation and an almost Renaissance diversity in musical reach. Kraggerud is not only a beautifully fine-toned and sensitive violin soloist and chamber musician, but a devoted educator, a play/direct specialist, a (sometimes) violist and a composer. Read more
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This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best. 
In its own way, the Seven Words of Christ is just as sublime as the Stabat Mater. 
This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation. 
The pair exhibits a refined style on these illuminating performances. 
A deeply affecting experience that ought to win the opera many new admirers. 
It's the singers who save this particular production of Verdi's opera 
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The Southbank Centre played host to a perfect and passionate performance 
On a night to remember, the Albanian singer explores with shattering force the music championed by a 
