Baroque Unwrapped at King’s Place, 13th October 2016: Fascinating mix of old and new: Brodsky Quartet and David Hansen
Review: ETO Xerxes
English Touring Opera’s Xerxes at Hackney Empire, 99th October 2016: Delightful evening with a dark backdrop: Handel’s Xerxes from ETO
Review: Vaughan Williams & Friends
Review of the Holst Singers at the Vaughan Williams & Friends Festival, St John’s Smith Square 8th October 2016: Thought-provoking programme: Holst Singers open the RVW festival
Review: Ann Murray as Dido with La Nuova Musica
Review of Dido & Aeneas with David Peter Bates and La Nuova Musica, Ann Murray as Dido. 29th September 2016 at SJSS: Stylish and compact: Ann Murray in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Review: Luxury voices in the Rachmaninoff Vespers
Sonoro in Wimbledon, 22nd September 2016: Luxury voices in a new ensemble: Sonoro in Rachmaninoff’s Vespers
Review: Visceral Verdi
Noseda and the LSO – Verdi Requiem at the Barbican, 20th September 2016: Visceral Verdi: Noseda conducts the Requiem with the LSO
Review: Arne and Gluck
My review of Bampton Classical Opera’s double bill at SJSS on 13th September 2016: Airborne delights: rare Gluck and Arne comic double bill
Review: Gwyneth Herbert
Review of Gwyneth Herbert’s sea-themed concert at King’s Place, 9th September 2016: Storytelling without consonants: Gwyneth Herbert at Kings Place
Review: Brodsky Qut’s roller-coaster ride
Review of the Brodsky Quartet at the King’s Place Festival, 9th September 2016: Roller-coaster rides: Brodsky Quartet at the Kings Place Festival
Review: Yaniv d’Or Latino Ladino
Review of Yaniv d’Or’s exploration of Ladino music, 26th June 2016 at the Wigmore Hall: Short and bitter-sweet- Yaniv d’Or’s Latino Ladino