Reading Time: 2 minutesNeilsen’s concerto at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall was a masterpiece. The show was made up of three sections: Ruth Gipps’s Song for Orchestra, Nielsen’s Violin Concerto and Borodin’s Symphony No.2.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPaddington in Concert, presented by STUDIOCANAL and Raymond Gubbay Limited, is an enchanting experience that beautifully encapsulates the timeless charm of this beloved tale. As someone who has surprisingly not been enchanted by Paddington's adventures since childhood (as this was my first viewing of the tale), I found this concert to be a delightful celebration of everything that makes the story so enduringly special – even for a 26 years old child!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Attacca Quartet is a Grammy award-winning American string quartet, especially known for their collaborations with Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Caroline Shaw. noisenights are through the noise’s vision for the future of classical music: crowdfunded gigs taking world-leading musicians to iconic independent venues. Together, they make for an electric evening.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe concert at Liverpool’s Philharmonic opens with a rendition of Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade, a lively and almost playful piece of around ten minutes, which is performed with vivacious enthusiasm by the orchestra. This gives way to the eponymous piece of the night’s event: Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto in C minor op.43, in which visiting musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes centre stage as lead cello. As both the orchestra and Kanneh-Mason launch into the strident introductory motif that will become the piece’s throughline, the first and most obvious issue with this performance becomes apparent.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhether you have a closet full of Elvis T-shirts or you just enjoy listening to his Christmas album every winter, the new Elvis exhibition at the Arches London Bridge is definitely not to be missed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe organ that stands within the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre is turning 70-years-old this year. The new Resident Artist James McVinnie rang in this illustrious occasion with two performances in a day, both of which offered an old and a new perspective on this important instrument.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe creativity of the Oxford Playhouse’s Young Company came shining through before the show even began. Audience members were invited up onto the stage itself, transformed into a beautifully intimate black box performance space. The audience were seated in traverse configuration, framing a stage flooded with warm light, enhanced by a gobo to imitate sunlight through stained glass. This, alongside the University of Cambridge banners hanging from the flies, situated us vividly within a College chapel.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Edinburgh Footlights put on a show filled with nostalgia, playfulness and talent.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the second stop on his new album’s extensive UK tour, Sam Lee took to Edinburgh’s Summerhall in celebration of his fourth studio album ‘songdreaming.’ With a beautiful opening by singer songwriter Finn Anderson and a set of new and old hits, the performance was infinitely likeable.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf there is one way to watch this record breaking film, that won eleven Oscars including Best Picture and multiple production design awards, it’s like this.