Classical

For half an hour Sarah Connolly CBE entranced us as she sung six of Alma Mahler's lieder, German romantic…
How fortunate to have such experienced musicians. Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto has a quiet piano introit…
This was the first of three consecutive concerts of Bach's Gamben Sonatas and Brahms' cello sonatas in the…
Mahler’s monumental ā€œSymphony of a Thousandā€ is regarded as his finest composition but is rarely performed…
Full marks to the solo violinist, Baiba Skride, who worked her way through the forty minutes of Sofia…
The choice of last night's opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival was thought by many to be…
German born Viviane Hagner was the violin soloist when Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto was first performed in…
Some of the text for the opening concert of the International Festival, El NiƱo, w
After the fun of the night before when the lit-up and musical Usher Hall was the focal point of the…
The Philadelphia Orchestra was the first major orchestra I heard live.
It would have been so easy to have more players with just one piece each to play.
James Lowe conducted a concert of songs and string works from three composers who had to emigrate from their…
That was a dazzling performance from one of the world’s greatest orchestras.
Felix Mendelssohn was born two hundred years ago and this we celebrated in the first half of the concert.
Donald Runnicles has instilled new life into the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor, along…
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra waited until the last minute before all the players came on to the stage.
There is an old saying ā€œfrom the sublime to the ridiculousā€ but at this year’s Edinburgh Festival, for this…
Bored with a career in banking Paul Chamberlain tried to learn the classical accordion at the Royal…
The music of John Dowland (1563 - 1626) is considered melancholic, as of the musical fashion at the time, and…