Live Music
Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and with it the prospect of new musical traditions.
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) wrote thirty six operas, all within nineteen years. Semiramide is not one of…
With the renovation of their hall well under way, The Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall brought a harpsichord to…
Callum Bicknell and Emily Stanghan are 16 year-olds from Norfolk with the talent and ambition to come to the…
It is no secret that each year I particularly look forward to Japanese-born Akiko Okamoto's piano recital.…
The story of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Mathew Passion is taken from Martin Luther’s German translation of…
After rustling with anticipation, an excitedly packed-out Usher Hall suddenly exploded with elation to…
It is no surprise that Cold Heat, a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hilberg, opened the Tonhalle…
Alasdair Cameron’s first two sonatas, both by Scarlatti seemed to get off to an uncertain start and he never…
It was a delight to watch the oboe, bassoon, violin and cello soloists for Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante in a…
A wordless dreamlike tribute to love and loss.
Haydn is not a name that cones readily to mind at the mention of Opera, yet he composed a large number. The…
When we arrived there were, at the very front of the stage, four very large clear glass bowls filled with…
The programme at the Usher Hall consisted of four compositions all written at the turn of the twentieth…
Happy hour without any alcohol in sight. ‘Storming the barricades’ is a treat for musical theatre fans.
Ravi Shankar has spent decades crossing boundaries, both geographical and musical, whilst remaining among the…
Imagine if the local pub had a glee club….and we’re in The Jungle, a makeshift pub on the big stage at…
The opening concert was as Italian as you can get, and impressive it was.
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
The intriguing question in this new play ‘I’m With The Band’ poses is ‘if the British Isles were a rock band…