- 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...
- 20 October 2025
There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...
Reviews
CARLOS ACOSTA’S CARMEN
- 30 April 2026
Over my years of seeing many productions of Bizet’s masterpiece I have seldom been as...
BPO – Preview 2026/27 Season – Joanna MacGregor (Music Director), Athalie Armon-Jones (viola), Emily Henderson (cello)
- 25 April 2026
Wow! The new season is astonishing – in the very best way. Last Saturday we...
THE CHOIR OF MAN
- 22 April 2026
What an extraordinary entertainment this is, despite being staged in a conventional theatre it amazingly...






