Classical
Anatoly Lyadov was an extraordinarily talented musician but lazy.
Francesco Piemontesi was the winner of this year’s Swiss Ambassador’s Prize and the concert, designed to give…
This was a concert of four sets of songs from composers who were fascinated by the life and woes of Mary,…
Winners of this year's Swiss Ambassador's Award, Orion String Trio, are given a week-long tour of five…
Pianist Sarah Beth Briggs opened The Hans Gál Society’s Sunday afternoon concert with Haydn’s Sonata in C…
The British composer Thomas Adès’ opera Powder Her Face took its inspiration from the scandalous and…
Paul Rissmann, the presenter, had produced some really good graphics for the screen above the orchestra to…
Hailed in the EIF brochure as an ‘epic choral masterpiece’, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was the final Usher Hall…
All three compositions the Russian pianist Danil Trifonov chose for the performance are rarely performed,…
This year in Vienna their Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated the New Year under the baton of a distinguished…
There was a large audience for Tuesday’s Concerts at the University series keen to hear some serious clarinet…
Paul Dukas composed the nine minute piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 1897 based upon Goethe’s ballad Der…
There will have been some older members of the audience who remember Hans Gál, who was born 125 years ago in…
This was an out-of-the-ordinary Friday evening programme from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra if only…
This was the Romantic Valentine’s Concert with the men of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in white…
We welcomed to the podium Sir Andrew Davis who, for the past nine years, has been the Music Director and…
We began with the Enescu recital - the two Romanian Rhapsodies are by far the best loved of his compositions…
Typical of Russian orchestras they come on together, and leading them on to the stage is their concertmaster…
This was a concert that began with an overture, went on to two choral works and ended with a concerto. In his…
The concert began with the first ever performance of a bright and cheerful twenty minute work commissioned by…