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...
Voices of India
The first edition of the national singing competition, Voices of India, will take place at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Experimental Theatre) of Mumbai on 28th August 2018 at 1:30 pm (semi-final) and 29th August 2018 at 2:00 pm...
Master Works
Next month, the Symphony Orchestra of India will begin its Autumn 2018 Season with compositions from some of the greatest...
Rattle’s Debut as LSO’s Music Director on the EIF Stage
London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op. 72 Leoš...