- 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
Being Both – Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (conductor)
- 15 May 2015
Handel required much from his singers, male, female or castrato. ‘Being Both’ demanded the whole...
The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler: Vanishing Point & National Theatre of Scotland
- 15 May 2015
Musician, poet, storyteller and cult figure, Ivor Cutler managed to captivate an improbable cross-section of...
Britten Sinfonia, Barbara Hannigan (soprano, conductor)
- 14 May 2015
Exploring the inspiration of Stravinsky, the programme had a fresh sense of excitement and pace...