In association with Kirckman Concert Society and the Lankelly Chase Foundation, the Eidos Trio treated this luchtime concert audience to a masterclass in ensemble playing of the highest quality. Choosing an ambitious program well suited to the steady build up of momentum,… Read more →
Supported by the University of Sussex, the Canticle Chamber Choir brings together students and more experienced singers. It was experience that shone through in the solos and duets but the choir and orchestra, conducted by James Lloyd Thomas, gave the audience a… Read more →
Anton Webern wrote his orchestral arrangements of Schubert’s dances and songs as academic exercises but they were also a labour of love; a love understood by the Britten Sinfonia who were sharing glances and smiling throughout. Without a conductor, they performed as… Read more →
Wisely, this concert was in the South Aisle, the old church, where the roof is not too high and the sound is more contained. These artists work so well together. The interplay between them was instinctive and the balance perfect. The sensuously… Read more →
Solos and duets by Purcell, Elgar and Finzi paved the way for the headline piece, Benjamin Britten’s 1952 work ‘Abraham & Isaac’. The audience were treated with some wonderful moments of Biblical high tension. After the interval we crossed the Atlantic for… Read more →
It was drizzling in Brighton this afternoon but inside the Friends’ Meeting House all was Neapolitan sunshine and pure delight. The music of Mauro Giuliani was a perfect antidote to our sad May weather. Beginning with a sedate ‘Serenade’, Clare Beesley’s wooden… Read more →
Andrew Carwood is a very blessed man to be conducting such fine singers who respond so delicately to his slightest gesture. This was choral singing of the highest order. With solo voices for most of the concert and never more than two… Read more →
One harp sounds very clear in St Mary’s, which has such a fine acoustic, but two harps sound wonderful! Early music, romantic transcriptions and traditional Scottish ballads all flowed easily to the ear, disguising the complexity and musical virtuosity of the playing… Read more →
Choral music at St Bartholomew’s is a Fringe staple and a mixed bag started well with William Walton’s Crown Imperial March, first performed at the coronation of KIng George VI and latterly at William and Kate’s wedding. Three British Folksongs followed, beautifully… Read more →
A winning combination, Martineau and Rose interpreted a vast range of song, from conversational to melodramatic. Schubert’s lovely ‘Three Italian Songs’ were a revelation. Rose’s rich bass voice easily coped with the first song’s fast ornamentation and the next’s sustained tension and… Read more →
