Reviews

BREMF LIVE! 2019 SHOWCASE

- 3 November 2019

This is always the most exciting BREMF event, as new talent has 20 minutes to...

BREMF LIVE! ORNAMENTATION MASTERCLASS

- 2 November 2019

Gawain Glenton is an absolute master of Baroque ornamentation. It’s as natural to him as...

BREMF – HER FATHER’S VOICE – Fieri Consort

- 2 November 2019

Barbara Strozzi had a fiercely distinctive style. In this macaronic production the play explained to...

BREMF – BURYING THE DEAD – Ceruleo

- 1 November 2019

Clare Norburn triumphs again. Her entertaining fusion of music and drama is set during the...

Toast

- 31 October 2019

Loved the book, enjoyed the film but neither could have prepared me for how much...

BREMF – TRANSFORMERS – BREMF Consort of Voices, Deborah Roberts (director)

- 28 October 2019

Engaging programmes are a hallmark of BREMF and this concert is an excellent example. Following...

Rinaldo

- 28 October 2019

Presenting Handel’s Rinaldo as written would no doubt leave most modern audiences bewildered by the...

BREMF – METAMORFOSI TRECENTO – La Fonte Musica

- 27 October 2019

This excellent ensemble of three voices, two medieval fiddles and a lute certainly enhance BREMF’s...

BREMF – METAMORPHOSIS – Dramma per Musica

- 27 October 2019

This well-matched trio are already BREMF favourites after tenor Rory Carver’s sterling performance as Monteverdi’s...

BREMF – DARKNESS INTO LIGHT – Musica Secreta and Celestial Sirens

- 26 October 2019

BREMF main programme began in the darkness of Tenebrae, plangent verses from Jeremiah sung during...

The Entertainer

- 23 October 2019

Few plays come with such a terrifying reputation as this, not only as a landmark...

L’elisire d’amore

L’elisire d’amore

- 14 October 2019

For every modern interpretation, every wild re-setting or adaptation of an opera, and no doubt...