- 14 October 2024
A risky bit of programming paid off big time! Finlandia, Sibelius’ heroic masterpiece will always...
- 13 October 2024
What an excellent match for BREMF! Armonico Consort has an inspirational director; an accomplished choir,...
- 12 October 2024
This is how to start a Brighton Early Music Festival: popular performers, familiar as old...
- 9 October 2024
Our annual Halloween on TV festival returns this month, celebrating the best horror shorts and...
- 29 September 2024
Martha Gunn (1726-1759) was Brighton’s famous sea-dipper, famed for literally dipping people into the sea,...
Reviews
Brighton Philharmonic – John Bradbury (violin), Richard Balcombe (conductor)
- 7 December 2014
This Sunday afternoon promenade around Britain began in full romantic flood with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides overture....
The Nutcracker – Russian State Ballet & Opera House
- 7 December 2014
The State Ballet & Opera Orchestra of Komi, perhaps 20 players but with a splendid...
Giselle – Russian State Ballet & Opera House
- 6 December 2014
The astonishingly good Russian pit-orchestras seemed like an ensemble of fine soloists: violin, oboe, cello,...