Reading Time: 2 minutesOne week before Easter, at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presented St John Passion under the direction of Johanna Soller, which also marked her London debut.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“A hauntingly intimate evening that journeyed from Elgar’s gentle warmth, through the
séance‑like anguish of The Immortal, to the majestic sweep of Sibelius’s Second
Symphony.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis show consists of three major components, Pekka Kuusisto, Dreamers’ Circus by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Philharmonic Society Awards is a culmination of the year’s classical music talents, ranging from single performers, large-scale compositions and everything in between.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s performances of “Borrani & Beethoven” were on Thursday 5th March at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh and on Friday 6th March at City Halls, Glasgow.
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘A triumphant balance of playfulness and prowess’ Sir Willard White’s rich bass tones can lend gravitas to even the most lighthearted music. Combined with the Brodsky Quartet’s deft, ludic playing, the pairing is formidable. This concert is…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe RSNO believe that music can enrich lives and once again brought their Viennese Gala tour to The Beacon, delighting audiences with a fresh new theme. This year’s programme, centred on technological advancement and discovery, proved both imaginative and entertaining.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTransferred for one night only from Glyndebourne’s autumn season to the Royal Albert Hall, this Messiah under Aidan Oliver and the Glyndebourne Sinfonia (leader Richard Milone), with the Glyndebourne Chorus and soloists Soraya Mafi, Claire Barnett-Jones, James Way and James Platt, offered a strikingly intimate reading of Handel’s oratorio in a resolutely non-intimate space.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFantasia Orchestra is carving out something special with this residency at Smith Square Hall. If you have not yet heard them, you should. It feels like one of those treasures quietly hiding in plain sight. It was…
Reading Time: 3 minutesMarking Time delivers three fiercely distinct visions of how sound and movement bend, stretch, and disrupt our sense of time. Earlier this year, I saw Outlander at Kings Place and was fascinated by the musical chemistry between…