Reviews

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY

- 28 October 2025

There’s ambition and then there’s AMBITION, and to set about creating a stage version of...

BREMF – On the Wings of a Song – Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Consone Quartet

- 27 October 2025

I’m so glad I did my homework before this concert because I was able to...

BREMF – La Sera del Combattimento – La Fonte Musica, Michele Pasotti (director)

- 26 October 2025

On the day we turn the clocks back, ready for winter, we were transported by...

BREMF – Out of the Deep – Vache Baroque

- 25 October 2025

Well, what has Oscar Wilde got to do with early music? It’s complicated but it...

BREMF – BHASVIC Consort of Viols

- 23 October 2025

Viols of all sizes were very popular in Tudor and Stuart Britain but they fell...

BREMF – Ricordanze – A Record of Love – Musica Secreta, Laurie Stras (director)

- 20 October 2025

Isn’t it rather naughty to be obsessed with nuns? Well, when their music is so...

BPO –The Romantics: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Mahler –Elena Urioste (violin), Alice Farnham (conductor)

- 20 October 2025

There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...

BREMF – BREMF Emerging Artists Showcase

- 20 October 2025

The BREMF Emerging Artists scheme can be the making of a career. There are four...

BREMF – Baroque Odyssey

- 18 October 2025

The atmosphere was electric – the heart of the church was curtained on three sides...

SAFE SPACE

- 18 October 2025

It’s always fascinating to see a new play, especially at a time when so much...

BREMF – Music Divine: Gibbons 400 -BREMF CoV, Cavillum Consort of Viols

- 17 October 2025

I knew it was going to be good — but even so, this was such...

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

- 15 October 2025

I am amongst those lucky enough to have seen this beautiful Peter Hall production of...