BIZET’S EARLY MASTERPIECE – A CULTIVATED PEARL OF THE REPERTORY
Georges Bizet’s most famous work is the opera Carmen a contemporary tale of French verismo replete with on-stage cigarette- girls, Spanish...
SALZBURG PLAYS A TRUMP CARD WITH “QUEEN OF SPADES”
A magnificent show of Tchaikovsky’s dramatic tragedy was performed for the sixth time on 25th August to an appreciative audience....
A Dream Comes True: Aroha Junior Choir UK Tour (2-11 July 2018)
October-November 2017 How on earth am I going to get the funds to go to a music competition in Wales, I mused? A fourth of my choir cannot even afford the modest choir fees that I charge. Was it too...
SALZBURG’S FLUTE IS NOT WITHOUT MAGIC
Last night I attended the first performance of my week in Salzburg during the conclusion of the Summer Festival. It...
The Astonishing George Benjamin: A Composer for our Age
I made it my business to explore the music of my contemporary George Benjamin in recent months, and was wondrously...
Ticciati’s Last Bow as Principal Conductor: SCO Performs Brahms
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati Johannes Brahms: Symphonies 1-4 18 and 19 August 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Festival Listening to Brahms’ complete symphony cycle is a tremendous emotional journey, and there could have been nobody better than Robin Ticciati...
Voices of India
The first edition of the national singing competition, Voices of India, will take place at the National Centre for Performing...
Master Works
Next month, the Symphony Orchestra of India will begin its Autumn 2018 Season with compositions from some of the greatest...