Reviews

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...

BREMF-The Gesualdo Six

BREMF – Queen of Hearts – The Gesualdo Six

- 13 October 2025

“Perfection!” was the word most heard during the interval – and this needs some context....

BREMF – Fine Companion – Ayres Extemporae

- 12 October 2025

Ayres Extemporae are very accomplished and they have unearthed a fabulous treasure trove of early...

LA BOHEME

- 12 October 2025

I’m often asked what would be the best introduction to opera and without fail I...

BREMF - Les Caractères de l’Amour

BREMF –Les Caractères de l’Amour – BREMF Emerging Artists, Ensemble Molière, BREMF Players, Satoko Doi-Luck & John Hancorn (directors)

- 11 October 2025

Quality always tells and Ensemble Molière is pure quality. BREMF stalwarts, they opened this year’s...

2:22

- 7 October 2025

Seeing a play, a ghost story, for a second time has its pitfalls. Do you...