Right from the off Lamsma’s reading of Britten’s Violin Concerto has a distinct narrative line. The hesitations in the opening subject hint at melodrama. As the subject develops, so the quality ...
A deliciously meaty Beethoven Violin Concerto from Augustin Hadelich and the Berlin Philharmonic. The orchestra feels like its playing differently – perhaps more on point. (Sacrilege to say, I know.
Fruity bassoons and a lot of accents from the cellos give the game away early on in this. Heartfelt and precise in the pianissimos; full-throttle in the fortissimos. Its resonant, responsive, ...
Twenty-two classical and operatic events from across the UK worth clearing your diary for in September 2026. It goes without saying that none of what follows is exhaustive, more Thoroughly Good.
A ten-year plan, not a slogan: Music@Malling’s Thomas Kemp on why ‘growth in every postcode’ needs the arts to be treated as infrastructure. With a new Prime Minister, the political mood music has ...
48 hours in Lahti to hear Sibelius played by a band that knows exactly what to do with it, inside Sibelius Hall, with its studio ambience that takes no prisoners and rewards all. There’s not a great ...
Britten Sinfonia’s residency is the latest in a run of work across the East of England that demonstrates the ensemble’s commitment to serving its community.
Copland’s score acts as a much-needed sigh and a stretch – a motherly reassuring stroke in this concert with Marin Alsop and the Philharmonia. There are some tender moments, though the ensemble ...
Classical music’s supposed barrier to entry isn’t its tradition, but our fractured attention spans. While the industry hides behind self-referential marketing and smartphone screens, true connection ...
If Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony was the composer complying with authorities with a poker face masking sardonic material, then his Tenth Symphony is the horror laid ...
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