Brighton Festival

Benjamin Appl with James Baillieu

- 16 May 2017

In a programme of lieder named Heimat this coupling of baritone and piano once again...

Vivo Piano Trio

- 15 May 2017

This international trio held their audience enthralled, first as Estonian pianist Maksim Štšura gave an...

London Symphony Orchestra, Nikolaj Znaider (conductor, violin)

- 15 May 2017

Nikolaj Znaider had arranged for the orchestra to stand to play Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5:...

Shirley Collins: Lodestar

- 15 May 2017

Less than a third of the way into this extraordinary event one became aware if...

Five Short Blasts

- 14 May 2017

Whilst not in the original location, for whatever reason, this was no less engaging. The...

Alke Quartet

- 12 May 2017

This programme of beautiful, frenetic energy opened with Mendelssohn’s last quartet, in F minor, written...

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Middleton (piano)

- 12 May 2017

These are such well-matched performers: the pianist responsive, playful yet steadfast, thundering or scintillating, often...

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Driftwood: Casus

- 12 May 2017

Circus arts have become a dominant force on the festival scene over the last ten...

Palisander

- 11 May 2017

“Cult following,” chuckled Mr H. mischievously, as if to explain away the completely full church....

Under The Skin Live: Sound Intermedia & London Sinfonietta

- 9 May 2017

Under The Skin is a future cult classic released in 2014, that will be looked...

I Fagiolini & The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble – Monteverdi: The Other Vespers

- 9 May 2017

The crystal clear acoustic of Glyndebourne proved to be an extraordinary place to hear this...

Timothy Ridout (viola) John Reid (piano)

- 8 May 2017

Cinderella of the Strings, the viola was nonetheless favoured by Bach, Mozart and Schubert. In...