- 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
Hamlet
- 30 April 2014
Brighton University promise a version of Hamlet stripped down to the essentials. This equates to...
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthew Trusler (violin), Timothy Redmond (conductor)
- 30 April 2014
Gloomy April showers were completely dispelled by a bright, full-blooded performance of Berlioz’s ‘Roman Carnival...
An Evening with Alan Johnson
- 30 April 2014
Labour MP Alan Johnson could be forgiven for being morose or curmudgeonly. Brought up on...