Reading Time: 2 minutesAn evening of exciting voices and masterful performances LSO Future, presented at the grandiose Barbican Hall, is a concert that presents a bold and imaginative vision for contemporary music. As part of the K-Music Festival 2025 and…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s Moving Pictures at The Bridgewater Hall was an atmospheric and evocative celebration of some of the very best 21st-century film scores.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe staging for the Manchester Collective’s performance of John Adams’ ‘Shaker Loops’ at the RNCM is very simple. Seven lights stand in a semi-circle around the collective, with eight more above them, all orange or yellow and reinforced by a cloud from the haze machine behind the performers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresenting their gentle ode to the seasons to the audience of the Royal Albert Hall’s Classical Coffee Mornings, the Chantefable Duo are soprano vocalist Mariana Rodrigues and keyboardist Andrew Cowie. ‘Chantefable’ is a French literary tradition in which a story is told through a blend of sung verse and recited prose. Rodrigues and Cowie give us their interpretation of this through a thoughtful selection of poetry and classical song, each piece conveying a sense of the seasons passing. Performed in the lovely Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall (with a coffee and pastry included in the ticket!), this Classical Coffee Morning is a delightful way to spend a Sunday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrize-winning young Viennese pianist Lukas Sternath makes his Proms debut in Grieg’s beloved Piano Concerto, accompanied by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
Reading Time: 2 minutesAngel of Peace spans centuries and speaks of timeless human emotions Attending The Sixteen’s Angel of Peace was undeniably nit just a concert, but an experience. Sitting in the echoing stillness of the sacred space of St…
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe BBC Proms is arguably one of the UK’s most iconic musical events. Since its conception in 1895, its mission has remained the same: to bring the best of classical music to the widest possible audience.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Meticulous, mellifluous, magical: Dvořák’s symphony never sounded so sensational” If you think you’ve never heard of Antonin Dvořák’s work before, you’re probably wrong. You can hear his rather obvious influence in modern film scores, particularly those by…
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs I sat listening to the London Philharmonic Orchestra deftly make its way from Judith Weir’s leafy “Forest” (1995) to Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43” (1934), and then finally to the titular event of the evening, I wondered why I continue to be so drawn to this seven-movement orchestral suite about planets.
Reading Time: 2 minutes"Martin Fröst magically wielded the clarinet for Jazz"