Brighton Festival

Stephen Upshaw (viola) Veronika Trisko (piano)

Stephen Upshaw (viola) Veronika Trisko (piano)

- 11 May 2015

Subtitled ‘Exoticism and Folk Music’, when the lightest item in the programme is Bartók’s ‘Romanian...

Alexander Karpeyev (piano)

Alexander Karpeyev (piano)

- 8 May 2015

Only the fool-hardy or brilliant would start with Schumann’s ‘Concerto without Orchestra’, an ardent, ambitiously...

Louise Alder (soprano) and James Baillieu (piano)

Louise Alder (soprano) and James Baillieu (piano)

- 6 May 2015

Louise Alder began with Gypsy songs by Schumann, one bright-voiced and the second beguilingly plaintive....

Brighton’s Breakout Festival 2014 – Voting Now Open!

Brighton’s Breakout Festival 2014 – Voting Now Open!

- 19 August 2014

Brighton’s very own Breakout Festival has officially commenced its public vote in search of four...

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté

- 4 June 2014

A late Brighton Festival show due to it being initially cancelled (because of problems regarding...

Murder on Sea

Murder on Sea

- 29 May 2014

Who would have thought murder would get Brighton out on a Sunday night, let alone...

Spies: Fact or Fiction

Spies: Fact or Fiction

- 29 May 2014

With a panel consisting of former head of M15 turned crime writer Stella Rimington, BBC...

Philharmonia Orchestra: Metamorphosen

Philharmonia Orchestra: Metamorphosen

- 29 May 2014

After a very full evening concert in the Dome, the strings of the Philharmonia Orchestra...

Philharmonia Orchestra – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), John Wilson (conductor)

Philharmonia Orchestra – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), John Wilson (conductor)

- 29 May 2014

Under John Wilson’s wonderfully clear conducting, the Brighton Festival Chorus made Bernstein’s ‘Chichester Psalms’ seem...

I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

- 27 May 2014

This one-woman show, based on Michael Morpurgo’s book, played to a packed house of families. I...

GoGo Penguin

GoGo Penguin

- 27 May 2014

Lunchtime concerts as part of the Brighton Festival are an excellent, if sometimes hidden gem;...

Sinué

Sinué

- 27 May 2014

With the rise of circus as an ‘acceptable’ art form comes a rise in expectations....