- 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
The Story of Bart
- 1 March 2018
Lionel Bart is well known as the genius behind the musical Oliver, less so for...
I’d Be Lost Without It
- 1 March 2018
Equipped with a pair of headphones, each audience member enters the space of I’d Be...
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor), Albrecht Menzel (violin)
- 25 February 2018
Berlioz’ Overture for Béatrice et Bénédict made for a combative, luxuriant opening number, setting the...






