Classical Reviews

Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (violin) & Ariel Lanyi (piano)

- 13 May 2022

‘Lush Romanticism’ was the promise – they gave us so much better! Clara Schumann’s Op.22,...

‘Untethered’ – Hugh Cutting (countertenor) & George Ireland (piano)

- 11 May 2022

Countertenors used to be restricted to College choirs and Early Music ensembles, only showing their...

BESYO, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Peter Davison (conductor)

- 10 May 2022

There was a thrill in the air as this recently formed orchestra tuned up for...

Joanna MacGregor

BPO – Season Finale – Joanna MacGregor (piano), Sian Edwards (conductor)

- 28 March 2022

What a climax! The BPO season ended as it began with surprises, vigour and joyous...

BPO – The European Connection – Junyan Chen (piano), Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

- 14 February 2022

This programme was full of the promise of Spring. Mendelssohn, the perfect feel-good composer, countered...

BPO – New Year’s Eve Viennese Classics – Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Stephen Bell (conductor)

- 1 January 2022

Stephen Bell is a flawless showman. He gave the audience all the entertainment they came...

BREMF – BREMF@Christmas – BREMF Choirs, Andrew Robinson, Deborah Roberts & John Hancorn (conductors)

- 20 December 2021

An austere 14th century plainchant carol, ‘Resonet in laudibus’ (Let praises resound) set the scene...

Kathryn Tickell

BPO – A Celtic Christmas with Kathryn Tickell and Friends

- 8 December 2021

Joanna MacGregor, Music Director of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, is on a mission.  Her intention...