Classical Reviews

BREMF Consort of Voices

BREMF – A Double Bill for Passiontide & Easter – BREMF Consort of Voices

- 3 April 2023

How does penitential music bring so much pleasure? With such magnificent works performed so well....

Joanna-MacGregor

BPO – Towards the Light – Joanna MacGregor (conductor/piano), Ruth Rogers (violin), Peter Adams (cello)

- 27 March 2023

Completing a triumphant season of concerts, this programme began in serene mode with Samuel Barber’s...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

BPO – New Year’s Eve Viennese Gala  – Stephen Bell (conductor), Ailish Tynan (soprano)

- 6 January 2023

A celebration not to be missed – unless, like me, you have a chest cough...

BPO – A Christmas Carol – Roger Allam, BPO Brass Quintet.

- 11 December 2022

My very high expectations were surpassed, and then some more! Sharp drum beats and an...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra – Fanfare for the Common Man

- 3 October 2022

The Autumn season started with a bang – or rather with a thunderous crash on...

BREMF – Music for St Michael – BREMF Consort of Voices, Deborah Roberts (director)

- 3 October 2022

St Michael’s epic battle with Satan has inspired some heavenly music. The concert began with...

BREMF – La liberazione di Ruggiero

- 30 September 2022

This delightful event was billed as a ‘preview screening’ of BREMF’s ambitious film project: Francesca...

Brighton16

Towards Expressionism – Brighton16

- 11 July 2022

A scorching Saturday ended blissfully with 45 minutes of choral delight from this excellent choir...

BREMF Consort of Voices

BREMF – Transiting the Night Hours – BREMF Consort of Voices

- 27 June 2022

9.00pm is late to start any concert but the BREMF CofV keep one alert in...

In Echo

BREMF – In Transit to the Baroque – In Echo

- 27 June 2022

Gawain Glenton is a musical magician well known to the audience of the Brighton Early...

Gweneth Ann Rand

Philharmonia Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus, Ilan Volkov (conductor)

- 30 May 2022

What a triumph! The closing Classical concert of the Brighton Festival 2022 was a glorious...

Echéa Quartet

Echéa Quartet

- 28 May 2022

Bartók never meant his 3rd String Quartet to be easy listening but cellist Eliza Millet’s...