- 22 June 2025
This midsummer maestro brilliantly exceeded my already very high expectations. I thought I knew the...
- 30 May 2025
It was so wise to start with the Mozart, Beth Levin presenting her credentials –...
- 26 May 2025
I’ve done a fair amount of prattling on of late about festivals and fringe festivals,...
- 24 May 2025
Fringe festivals are extraordinary events in the variety of entertainments on offer, from the silly,...
- 23 May 2025
This was a very serious programme with a very important message that was best delivered...
Reviews
The Best of British Film Scores – Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Balcombe (conductor)
- 5 December 2016
Film music is often disparaged for being trivial, light, cheap. Oh no! This was a...
Swan Lake – Russian State Ballet & Opera Theatre of Astrakhan
- 4 December 2016
Tchaikovsky’s glorious tunes, ever yearning or bright with brass and then even sadder with the...
Sleeping Beauty – Russian State Ballet & Opera Theatre of Astrakhan
- 4 December 2016
The ballet deals with this well-known story very efficiently. There among the glittering costumes and...
