Clik here to view.
Amour: An evening of French Baroque music by candlelight in Oxford
The International Rameau Ensemble, with soprano Katherine Blumenthal and haute-contre Lawrence Olsworth-Peter, is giving a concert in the Ante-Chapel at New College, Oxford on Saturday 6 February 2016....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Complete Tippett quartets recorded live by the Heath Quartet
Tippett String Quartets; The Heath Quartet; Wigmore Hall Live Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Jan 25 2016 Star rating: 5.0 Dazzling rhythms, complex textures and surprising lyricism in these live...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garsington Opera season - role debuts and notable casts
Garsington Opera's 2016 season this year encompasses Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Mozart's Idomeneo and Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri with some notable casts including role debuts from Toby Spence,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nature, Society & Humanity - the Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity
The Beethoven Orchestra for Humanity is a new orchestra with a twist. Funded after a Kickstarter campaign, the orchestra fuses music with topical talk for what they describe as 'entertainment with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich from Robin O'Neill and the Salomon Orchestra
Robin O'Neill and the Salomon Orchestra at St John's Smith Square Dvorak, Brahms, Shostakovich; Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Timothy Walden, Salomon Orchestra, Robin O'Neill; St John's Smith Square Reviewed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Napoleon, Oedipus and Virtual Reality - the Philharmonia Orchestra's 2016/17...
Virtual Reality comes to the Royal Festival Hall as the opening weekend of the Philharmonia Orchestra's 2016/17 season will see the orchestra presented in virtual reality to viewers outside the concert...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stuart MacRae & Louise Walsh's The Devil Inside from Music Theatre Wales
The Devil Inside - Ben McAteer, Nicholas Sharratt - photo Bill Cooper Stuart MacRae & Louise Welsh The Devil Inside; Nicholas Sharratt, Ben McAteer, Steven Page, Rachel Kelly, dir: Matthew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ealing Music & Film Festival
Ealing Music and Film Valentine Festival takes place over the Valentine's Day weekend from 10 to 14 February 2016, and presents a mix of concerts and films at venues in and around Ealin. The English...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New musical director for City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla - photo Philipp ZinnikerThe City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has announced that its new music director, in successor to Andris Nelsons (who was in post from 2008 to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Classical Music Hyper Production and Practice-As-Research Conference
The Konvalia Quartet playing on electric string instrumentsOn Sunday 31 January 2016 I took part in the Classical Music Hyper Production and Practice-As-Research Conference organised by the London...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jonathan Plowright at Rhinegold Live
Jonathan Plowright at Rhinegold Live Brahms, Mozart, Paderewski, Chopin; Jonathan Plowright; Rhinegold Live at the Conway Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Feb 4 2016 Star rating: 4.0 Powerful and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
All conductors are megalomaniacs! My encounter with conductor James Lowe
James Lowe by Trond HuseboThe young British conductor James Lowe is best known in the UK for his work with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and for his tenure as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vilde Frang, Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo in Mozart Violin Concertos
Vilde Frang © Marco Borggreve Mozart Symphony No. 27, Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 5, Haydn Symphony No. 47; Vilde Frang, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo; St Johns Smith Square Reviewed by Robert Hugill on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chabrier's L'Etoile at Covent Garden
Chabrier's L’Étoile at Royal Opera House © ROH 2016. Photograph by Bill Cooper Chabrier L'Etoile; Kate Lindsey, Christophe Mortagne, Simon Bailey, Francois Piolino, Aimery Lefèvre, Hélène Guilmette,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Found in Translation - Club Inégales
Peter Wiegold and Notes Inégales by Frederique BellecComposer Peter Wiegold's Club Inégales is an intriguing place, existing in the fascinating limnal zone between jazz, new music, classical music and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guilty pleasures - Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini from Freiburg
Zandonai Francesca da Rimini; Christina Vasileva, Martin Muhle, Juan Orazco, Adriano Graziani, Theater Freiburg, Fabrice Bollon; CPO Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Jan 30 2016 Star rating: 4.0...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Italian sunshine and Mozartean perfection - the Nash Ensemble at the Wigmore...
Felix Mendelssohn - View of Amalfi (detail) Donizetti String Quartet No. 13, Verdi String Quartet, Mozart Clarinet Quintet; Nash Ensemble; the Wigmore Hall Reviewed by Ruth Hansfordon Feb 6 2016 Star...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bach's French suites and Mozart's suite in C from Peter Hill
Bach French Suites, Mozart Suite in C; Peter Hill; Delphian Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Feb 3 2016 Star rating: 4.0 Bach played on a piano with finesse by Peter HillBach is one of those composers who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Something Rich and Strange: Choral Settings of Shakespeare
Londiniu,To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the chamber choir Londinium (conductor Andrew Griffiths) presents a programme of choral music inspired by his work at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Launch of Gabrieli Roar
Gabrieli Roar is Gabrieli's training, mentoring and performance scheme for British youth choirs and their teenage singers, founded on the idea that every young person should have the opportunity to...
View Article
