- 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
Brighton Festival – Monsters & Prodigies
- 26 May 2011
The stuff of festivals in my mind has to contain provocative and dangerous works like...
Brighton Festival – Mulatu Astatke
- 26 May 2011
Mulatu Astatke, the creator of Ethio-jazz, put on a wonderfully raucous show with an ensemble...
Brighton Festival – Mahan Esfahani; Bach Goldberg Variations
- 26 May 2011
Mahan Esfahani, a young Iranian now based in England, played Bach’s epic Goldberg Variations and...