- 14 May 2025
No fuss, just a ripple of applause, a moment of calm, then fortissimo G octaves....
- 13 May 2025
It’s so lovely when talented youth teaches old ears wonderful new tunes. That’s exactly what...
- 10 May 2025
What nerve! For a happy troupe of mainly middle-aged men to adopt the label of...
- 10 May 2025
Anoushka Shanka’s curating of the Brighton Festival 2025 has divided opinion, whilst many of us...
- 8 May 2025
Five excellent musicians – that is three singers, one also playing a Vielle (an early...
Reviews
The War Of The Worlds
- 30 May 2018
The latest production from the decidedly silly Pantaloons, whose shtick is to add a madcap...
Crazy For You
- 30 May 2018
After a month of brilliant festival events Crazy for you was exactly what the doctor...
Belshazzar’s Feast – James Rutherford (baritone), Richard Armstrong (conductor)
- 28 May 2018
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra began the Festival 2018 finale with Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from...






