Category: Review
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Guest blog: Composer Thomas Hewitt-Jones on the threat AI poses to music
Composer Thomas Hewitt-Jones highlights the impact AI might have on the creative industries.
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Sam Jackson announced as new Controller of BBC Radio 3
Sam Jackson is announced as BBC Radio 3’s new Controller. He’ll be responsible for running Radio 3 and the BBC Proms. He has an impressive career, starting out as a runner at the BBC Proms, he later managed Classic FM output, and after that took on the role of Executive Vice-President of Global Classics &…
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Listening to a carol service minus the faith
Christmas music in a grand religious space stirs the heart even if the faith is non-existent. And that’s OK.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Nicola Benedetti premiere James MacMillan’s second violin concerto
James MacMillan’s captivating new violin concerto formed the centerpiece in a spectacular Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert at Usher Hall earlier this week, an event that demonstrated remarkable connection between conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the SCO Dedicated to Nicola Benedetti and in memory of Penderecki who died in 2021, MacMillan’s one movement violin concerto was a…
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Joby Burgess’ ‘A Percussionist’s Songbook’
I’ve always considered percussionists – the ones who are as at home with tuned or rhythm instruments – as the epitome of cool. The hipper cousin to the comparatively staid pianist. Percussionists can conjure up all manner of wizardry, bedazzle you with their technique. There’s more on display too – we can see the mechanics…
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Cooling off in the water listening to Schumann at the Lerici Music Festival
Conductor Gianluca Marciano is building an audience in the Italian fishing town of Lerici with a distinctive and satisfying listening experience. Jon Jacob reflects on an enlightening trip to the Italian Riveria.
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Aldeburgh Festival premieres ‘Violet’ by Tom Coult and Alice Birch
Tom Coult and Alice Birch’s ‘Violet’ opened the 2022 Aldeburgh Festival. The new opera is gripping, bleak, and thought-provoking.
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Sheffield Chamber Music Festival immerses its audience in the must-have intimate experience
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival isn’t daring to present classical music in a new way. They don’t need to. They started doing it 38 years ago.
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Grosvenor plays Faure, Ravel, Schumann and Albeniz at Wigmore Hall
Surprises around every corner in a dazzling supercharged performance from pianist Benjamin Grosvenor
