STYLISH PERFORMANCES OF TIMELESS CHAMBER MUSIC
Legendary pianist and conductor now in his late seventies joined hands with two young string players in two concerts covering...
A LUXURY GUEST IN SALZBURG
Not many festivals in the world can pride themselves on hosting the Berlin Philharmonic on two successive nights. Needless to...
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 dances, bull fights and on-stage stabbing. Its popularity has far out stripped that of its ten year’s previous story set...
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,...
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 was the sixth performance of Mozart’s last opera the Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). Billed initially by Mozart as a “German...
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...