Category: Review
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Review: Sibelius Academy and Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms
Two international conservatoires join forces in a celebration of fairytale nymphs, nature, and astrological mysteries.
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(Nearly) Every BBC Proms 2024 concert reviewed
A run-down of the entire BBC Proms season with catch-up links to every broadcast available via BBC Sounds.
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Ulster Orchestra in rehearsal at the BBC Proms
Special access to the Ulster Orchestra’s rehearsal for its BBC Proms concert. Brace yourself—it’s a tearjerker.
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Bamberg Symphony, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Lepper at Edinburgh International Festival 2024
Electrifying performances on a lightning visit to this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Elizabeth Llewellyn’s captivating recital of works by Finzi, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Dvorak, alongside the Bamberg Symphony’s powerful rendition of Dvorak’s 9th Symphony, made for a hugely satisfying trip.
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More delight found at Yorkshire’s Ryedale Festival 2024
North Yorkshire’s Ryedale Festival continues to delight with a tantalising mix of concert programmes in glorious locations in and around the county
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Review: The First Night of the BBC Proms 2024
A candid take on tepid performances, polished if shallow presentations, and the BBC’s determined strategy to build a new classical music audience and put Radio 3 at the heart of it.
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Review – Daniel Pioro plays Brahms Violin Sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival 2024
This is the stuff that gets bums on seats (and off them).
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Review – Blond Eckbert at Aldeburgh Festival 2024
A fast-paced opera complete with revelations and tragic consequences, Weir’s work was a fitting choice for the first day of the 75th Aldeburgh Festival.
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‘Beethoven Wars’: Beethoven meets Manga at La Seine Musicale
Rarely heard musical dramas by Beethoven meets Manga in a new multimedia space opera premiered by Insula Orchestra and Laurence Equilbey.
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Could long-form classical music be an antidote to our short-form content addiction?
Concluding the Ulster Orchestra’s 2023/24 season, Daniele Rustioni summons multiple forces in Mahler’s epic and ever-popular Symphony No. 2.