Music Reviews

VICTORIA WITH A TWIST – Brighton Consort, James Dixon (director), Nick Houghton (organ)

- 11 March 2019

A delightful mix of old and new, this programme began with Tomas Luis da Victoria’s...

HOLIDAY & TRAVEL – Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

- 4 March 2019

The Maestro’s magical mystery tour started with Mendelssohn taking us happily away to the Hebrides...

BREMF – A SALON OPERA – Flauguissimo Duo

- 2 March 2019

A romantic Spring evening with Brighton Early Music Festival, it was almost like eavesdropping a...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Camilla Roberts (soprano), Stephen Bell (conductor)

- 11 February 2019

This concert could have been so sad, being dedicated to the loving memory of violinist...

A 21st Anniversary Concert – Worthing Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Pike (violin) John Gibbons (conductor)

- 8 February 2019

Twenty-one years as Principal Conductor generate plenty of trust, authority and power. Gibbons, helped by...

Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

- 3 February 2019

The lulling sweetness of Brahms’s E flat major Intermezzo (Op. 117 No.1) brought immediate calm...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Carroll (cello & conductor)

- 21 January 2019

This delightful back-to-front programme began with Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, a youthful homage to Papa Haydn,...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Ben Gernon (conductor)

- 3 December 2018

Two well-known symphonies, staples of the repertoire, pose an acid test for any orchestra. The...

BREMF – Peace in Europe – BREMF Singers & Players, John Hancorn (director)

- 12 November 2018

BREMF’s splendid finale delivered beautiful Baroque tears and solace, featuring music from Britain, France and...

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Freddy Kempf (piano & conductor)

- 12 November 2018

When the soloist is pleased to conduct, we get to experience so much more of...

BREMF – Reformation Remainers – BREMF Consort of Voices, Deborah Roberts (director)

- 12 November 2018

It’s wonderful how many people braved torrential November rain to listen to Taverner, Tallis and...

BREMF – French Fancies and Italian Imaginations – Flauti d’echo

- 10 November 2018

A well-deserved spotlight focused on the two virtuoso flautists (Tabea Debus and Olwen Foulkes) who...