Music Reviews

BPO – Britten’s Serenade – Dowland, Britten and MacMillan–Mark Padmore (tenor), Alexei Watkins (horn), Joanna MacGregor (conductor)

- 10 November 2025

What an exclusive event! … but wait a minute, the Corn Exchange was full to...

BREMF – On the Wings of a Song – Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Consone Quartet

- 27 October 2025

I’m so glad I did my homework before this concert because I was able to...

BREMF – La Sera del Combattimento – La Fonte Musica, Michele Pasotti (director)

- 26 October 2025

On the day we turn the clocks back, ready for winter, we were transported by...

BREMF – Out of the Deep – Vache Baroque

- 25 October 2025

Well, what has Oscar Wilde got to do with early music? It’s complicated but it...

BREMF – BHASVIC Consort of Viols

- 23 October 2025

Viols of all sizes were very popular in Tudor and Stuart Britain but they fell...

BREMF – Ricordanze – A Record of Love – Musica Secreta, Laurie Stras (director)

- 20 October 2025

Isn’t it rather naughty to be obsessed with nuns? Well, when their music is so...

BPO –The Romantics: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Mahler –Elena Urioste (violin), Alice Farnham (conductor)

- 20 October 2025

There’s a very good reason that Coleridge-Taylor’s work was so popular 100 years ago, and...

BREMF – BREMF Emerging Artists Showcase

- 20 October 2025

The BREMF Emerging Artists scheme can be the making of a career. There are four...

BREMF – Baroque Odyssey

- 18 October 2025

The atmosphere was electric – the heart of the church was curtained on three sides...

BREMF – Music Divine: Gibbons 400 -BREMF CoV, Cavillum Consort of Viols

- 17 October 2025

I knew it was going to be good — but even so, this was such...

BREMF-The Gesualdo Six

BREMF – Queen of Hearts – The Gesualdo Six

- 13 October 2025

“Perfection!” was the word most heard during the interval – and this needs some context....

BREMF – Fine Companion – Ayres Extemporae

- 12 October 2025

Ayres Extemporae are very accomplished and they have unearthed a fabulous treasure trove of early...