- 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
Brighton Festival – London Symphony Orchestra, Leila Josefowicz (violin), Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
- 17 May 2025
What a risky programme! Not so long ago it would have scared away the crowds...
SONGS OF THE BULBUL
- 17 May 2025
The evening opened with a narration, the story of the bulbul, or nightingale as we...
GARY BARLOW: SONGBOOK TOUR 2025
- 16 May 2025
Let’s start at the very beginning. In my thirty odd years of reviewing live entertainment...
