- 26 October 2025
On the day we turn the clocks back, ready for winter, we were transported by...
- 25 October 2025
Well, what has Oscar Wilde got to do with early music? It’s complicated but it...
- 23 October 2025
Viols of all sizes were very popular in Tudor and Stuart Britain but they fell...
- 22 October 2025
Craig Jordan-Baker discusses his new book Brick Dust, exploring themes of family, hoarding, and the...
- 20 October 2025
Isn’t it rather naughty to be obsessed with nuns? Well, when their music is so...
Reviews
PAY THE PIPER
- 26 February 2022
Glyndebourne is without doubt one of the world’s greatest opera houses, internationally acclaimed not only...
Footloose
- 22 February 2022
A standing ovation, the audience on its feet, clapping and singing along. At the final...
BPO – The European Connection – Junyan Chen (piano), Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
- 14 February 2022
This programme was full of the promise of Spring. Mendelssohn, the perfect feel-good composer, countered...






