- 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
Glyndebourne’s Jerwood Young Artists, Matthew Fletcher (piano)
- 19 May 2026
They’re all stars and already delivering great things. This year’s programme ran the full gamut...
FESTIVAL – Oh To Believe in Another World – BPO, Simon Blendis (leader), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)
- 19 May 2026
Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony will fill the Albert Hall, so it’s no surprise that the Dome...
THE BLACK SAINT & THE SINNER LADY
- 17 May 2026
In a week where I saw a play about the lack or suppression of joy...
