In ‘Der Strom’, the poet compares his fate to that of the river, ‘Doch nimmer findend, was es sucht’ – never finding what it seeks – and the sequence of songs ends with the carefree ‘Fischerweise’ in ...
Chineke! Orchestra’s concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, conducted by Harish Shankar, offered a thoughtfully constructed ...
The Kingdom review – first-rate choral sound for Elgar at Southbank Centre ...
We know the issues, agree with the premise – and polemic marginally dressed as ‘art’ is only going to induce boredom, ...
It’s not more of the same-old, same-old!” This enthusiastically expressed view from an audience member at the interval just about sums up Louisa Muller’s production – modern without imposing too much ...
The combination of the six singers of The Gesualdo Six with director Bill Barclay’s take on the scandalous life of the ...
The music of England’s ‘pastoral period’ featured in this latest concert in the Barbican’s Fragile Earth series, and given its composers’ fascination with folk music, it ...
London Philharmonic Orchestra review – Vladimir Jurowski delivers an impeccable performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 10 ...
The London Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert paired Mozart’s final piano concerto with Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, offering an evening more reflective than rhetorical. While the performance took ...
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Singers under Martyn Brabbins are joined by Finchley Children’s Music Group, National Youth Voices and soprano Else Torp for works by Aaron Copland and Julia Wolfe ...